Overview
Devon Shewell is an Associate in McKool Smith's Austin office. Devon earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
During law school, Devon served as a Clinical Student Attorney in the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, and served as a Clinical Student Attorney with Protect Democracy, where he wrote briefing and drafted discovery in a challenge to Tennessee's felon disenfranchisement scheme. Devon was a Teaching Fellow to Professors Jody Freeman and Vicki C. Jackson, President of the American Constitution Society, and a J.D. Admissions Fellow.
Prior to joining the firm, Devon served as a Judicial Law Clerk for Chief Judge Kristine G. Baker in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Education
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 2025
- American Constitution Society, President
B.A., summa cum laude, Communication Studies and Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 2021
Clerkships
- Hon. Kristine G. Baker, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
Court Admissions
- Texas (pending)
- District of Columbia
