Justice Brett Busby of the Texas Supreme Court and Troy McKenzie on State High Courts

The NYU Federalist Society will be hosting a discussion on state high courts and their importance with Justice Brett Busby of the Supreme Court of Texas and NYU Law's very own Professor Troy McKenzie. 

Justice Busby was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas on February 21, 2019.  He is an experienced appellate litigator and a former partner at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP in Houston.  He served as a law clerk at the U.S. Supreme Court after law school, and he later argued one case and briefed many others in that court.  He also handled dozens of appeals in the Texas Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals, and he argued jury charges and handled legal issues in many trials.  He represented individuals, small businesses, and large companies as plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of civil cases, and he regularly volunteered to provide free legal services in both civil and criminal cases. 

Professor McKenzie joined the faculty of NYU Law in 2007.  His scholarly interests include bankruptcy, civil procedure, complex litigation, and the federal courts. He served as a law clerk to Judge Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States.