Tobi Young is an attorney, an advocate for civic engagement and the first enrolled member of a First American tribe to serve as a law clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court. She is from Midwest City, Oklahoma. She graduated from The George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts before earning a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2003.

Young has more than 25 years of experience in law and government. She began her career as the youngest press secretary on Capitol Hill working for Oklahoma Rep. J.C. Watts Jr. She has served in each branch of the federal government, including in the White House, U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Supreme Court.

In 2008, President George W. Bush named Young to be associate counsel to the president after she served as a deputy associate counsel in the White House Counsel’s office. Young also served as general counsel of the George W. Bush Presidential Center. She served as a trial attorney and counsel in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Young was selected as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and the United Nations Civil and Human Rights convenings in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2018, she was appointed as U.S. Supreme Court clerk for the 2018-2019 term by Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Young is now in the technology industry and serves as the chair of the nominating and governance committee on the Halliburton Board of Directors. She is the co-chair of the Women’s Democracy Network for the International Republican Institute (IRI). Young is a board member for the Chamber of Commerce, U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.

In 2022, Young was honored with the Chickasaw Nation Dynamic Woman of the Year Award for her significant contributions to the Chickasaw Nation. She and her husband, Evan, a Texas Supreme Court Justice, live in Austin with their daughter, Romilly.