Kyle Douglas Hawkins is an American attorney and professor who served as Solicitor General of Texas from September 2018 until February 2021.
As of 2024, Hawkins currently serves as adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin's law school.
Following this clerkship, he worked for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C. before serving as a law clerk for Justice Samuel Alito of the United States Supreme Court during the 2013–14 term.
[8][9] A 2020 speech he gave at Stanford University Law School regarding the legality of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy was the subject of a student walk-out.
[10] Hawkins resigned from office effective February 1, 2021, and was succeeded by Judd E. Stone II.