Ryan Park
Solicitor General of North Carolina
Assumed office
March 31, 2022
GovernorRoy Cooper
Attorney GeneralJosh Stein
Preceded byMatt Sawchak
Personal details
Born
Ryan Young Park

1983 (age 39–40)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEunee Kathleen Park
Parent(s)Myung Chun Park (father)
Sylvia Kim Park (mother)
EducationAmherst College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
OccupationLawyer

Ryan Young Park (born 1983)[1] is an American lawyer who currently serves as the solicitor general of North Carolina. A lecturer at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he has written for publications such as The Atlantic, The New York Times and The Washington Post.[2][3]

Park represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Supreme Court case Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina (formerly[4] merged with Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College).[5]

Early life and education

The son of Korean immigrants, Park grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota.[6][7] He matriculated at Amherst College before enrolling at Harvard Law School, where he graduated with a Juris Doctor, summa cum laude.[1][5] After graduating, he served as a clerk on the U.S. Supreme Court for Justices David Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In addition, he also clerked for Judges Robert A. Katzmann and Jed S. Rakoff.[8]

From 2006 until 2007, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English at a boys' school in South Korea.[9]

Career

Park previously served as legal counsel to both the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Department of Justice.[5] Afterwards, he became a deputy solicitor general of North Carolina, succeeding Matt Sawchak as solicitor general on March 31, 2022.[8]

He is a lecturer at Duke University and the University of North Carolina School of Law.[3]

Personal life

Park is married to Eunee Kathleen, whom he met while they were both undergraduates at Amherst College.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Saul, Stephanie (2022-10-31). "A look at the lawyers who are arguing in the U.N.C. case". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  2. ↑ Park, Ryan. "Ryan Park". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  3. 1 2 "Ryan Park". law.duke.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  4. ↑ Howe, Amy (2022-07-22). "Court will hear affirmative-action challenges separately, allowing Jackson to participate in UNC case". SCOTUSblog. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  5. 1 2 3 "Meet the Lawyers Arguing Before the Supreme Court in the Harvard Admissions Lawsuit Next Week". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  6. ↑ Park, Ryan (2018-06-22). "Opinion | The Last of the Tiger Parents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  7. ↑ Manager, Jessica Junqueira NCBA Communications (15 February 2021). "Solicitor General Ryan Park on Becoming a Lawyer, Learning from Mentors Past and Present and Serving the Public". North Carolina Bar Association. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  8. 1 2 nahmed (2020-03-18). "Attorney General Josh Stein Announces Transitions in Solicitor General's Office". NCDOJ. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  9. 1 2 "Eunee Park and Ryan Park". The New York Times. 2011-06-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-04.


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