Biography
Curriculum vitae (Sept. 2024) [pdf]
SSRN author page [link]
Ezra Young is a nationally recognized scholar and attorney based in New York. He maintains a
boutique private practice. Ezra anticipates going on the legal academic market seeking a tenure
track position in the 2024-25 cycle. Formerly, he was a visiting assistant professor of law at Cornell
Law School where he taught Constitutional Law, Critical Race Theory, and Transgender People and
the Law.
Ezra’s scholarly work has two strands. The first explores the rights of trans persons and is situated in the
nascent field of critical trans theory. The second strand looks at innovative equitable remedies and is
at the intersection of federal courts, civil procedure, remedies, and constitutional law.
Ezra’s academic writing has appeared in or is forthcoming in books and articles published by
Routledge, Oxford University Press, the New Press, American Psychologist, California Law
Review Online, Cleveland State Law Review, Jotwell, JURIST, and Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery. Ezra’s scholarship has been referenced in publications including the Annals of Plastic Surgery,
American Journal of Comparative Law, American Journal of Surgery, California Law Review,
Columbia Law Review, Congressional Research Service, Harvard Law Review, Journal of Health
Care Finance, International Journal of Transgender Health, Journal of Law and Economic Policy,
Journal of Sexual Medicine, Ohio State Law Journal, Minnesota Law Review, Supreme Court Review,
University of Chicago Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and Yale Law Journal.
Ezra has a national, expansive, and varied litigation practice. His expertise lies in constitutional law,
equity, and civil rights and has considerable experience advising clients, non-profits, and governments
on thorny issues of civil and appellate procedure and equity. Ezra has represented individuals and
non-profits in an array of direct actions and as amicus counsel in federal and state appellate and trial
courts as well as administrative proceedings. He has also successfully co-litigated path-breaking
transgender rights impact cases with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission in federal courts in Florida, Oklahoma, and Minnesota.
Ezra’s work has been covered by media outlets including Associated Press, AboveTheLaw,
Bloomberg Law, Buzzfeed News, Chicago Sun Times, The Guardian, Houston Chronicle, International
Business Times, Law360, MTV News, MSNBC.com, National Law Journal, New York Times,
National Law Review, The Oklahoman, Politifact, Politico, Reuters, Slate, and Texas Lawyer.
Ezra is also a sought after speaker on scholarly matters, complex legal issues, and cutting-edge
litigation tactics at universities, non-profits, corporations, government agencies, and law firms.
Among others, Ezra given invited talks and lectures hosted by the Association of American Law Schools,
American Studies Association, American Political Science Association, Bloomberg, Boston
University School of Law, Cardozo Law School, Cornell Law School, Federal Bar Association
(Kansas and Minnesota Chapters), Fordham University School of Law, Greenwall Foundation,
Lawline, McGraw Hill Financial, National LGBT Bar Association, National Trans Bar Association,
New Jersey Courts, New York Law School, NYU School of Medicine, New York State Bar Association,
Oklahoma Bar Association,Outten & Golden LLP, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Temple University
School of Law,Texas Tech Law School, Vassar College, Rutgers Law-Camden, Rutgers Law-Newark,
University of California at Berkeley School of Law,University of California at Los Angeles School of Law,
University of California at San Francisco, University of Chicago Law School, University of Georgia
School of Law, University of Kansas School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law,
University of Texas at Austin School of Law, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and the University of
Virginia School of Law.
Ezra currently serves as vice president of the board of the Jim Collins Foundation and board secretary
of the African American Policy Forum. He is a founding board member and past co-chair of the
National Trans Bar Association. He previously served as legal director of the African American Policy
Forum, research director of the Columbia Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies,
and director of impact litigation of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund,Inc.
Ezra received his BA in Philosophy from Cornell University and his JD from Columbia Law School.
While a law student, Ezra served as Executive Managing Editor of the Columbia Journal of Gender
and Law and Online & Consulting Editor of the Columbia Journal of Race and Law. From 2012 to
2014, Ezra was a postdoctoral scholar at Columbia Law School. His post doctoral studies focused
on trans rights, Critical Race Theory, and intersectionality and were supervised by renowned scholar
Kimberlé Crenshaw.
Admitted to practice in the Chickasaw Nation, New York,
the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,
and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Permitted to practice in other jurisdictions by permission.