Devin James Stone
Personal information
Born
San Francisco
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD)
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • YouTuber
Websitestonelawdc.com
YouTube information
Channel
GenreLaw
Subscribers3.08 million[1]
Total views716 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: November 22, 2023

Devin James Stone (born 1983/1984)[2] is an American lawyer and YouTuber who currently lives in Washington, D.C.. He is known for his channel, LegalEagle,[3] where he reviews films and television shows[4][5] to discuss the level of accuracy of their depictions of the law and courtroom procedure, and to discuss the legal issues raised by those works. He also talks about current legal cases and explains how US law works in respect to them.[6][7][8] He operates a law school exam prep company called Legal Eagle Prep.[9]

Biography

Stone graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. He then attended the UCLA School of Law, graduating in 2008 with a Juris Doctor degree. As a law student, he was a member of the UCLA Entertainment Law Review and participated in the UCLA Mock Trial Program and the UCLA Moot Court Honors Program.[10] Stone was a judicial extern for Arthur Lawrence Alarcón, a senior judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and later worked as an associate at national firms Barnes & Thornburg and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.[10]

In February 2020, Stone filed a series of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests asking a federal judge to order the Trump administration to produce the information removed from former national security advisor John Bolton's book, The Room Where It Happened, and to reveal details concerning the underlying prepublication review process. The National Security Council (NSC) Records Access and Information Security Management Directorate (RAISMD) were named as the primary defendants in the action, along with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Archives and Records Administration, and Departments of Defense, Justice, and State.[11][12] The suit was dismissed on March 18, 2021.[13]

In September 2021, Stone became an adjunct law professor at Georgetown University.[10][14]

Accolades

LegalEagle was nominated for the best commentary channel at 2022's 12th Streamy Awards.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "About LegalEagle". YouTube.
  2. ↑ Real Lawyer Reacts to The Little Mermaid, retrieved 15 July 2023 "Disney's original Little Mermaid came out in 1989, and even though I was five at the time..."
  3. ↑ "'LegalEagle' Brings Big YouTube Audience Into World Of Law". Law360. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Briefly". State Bar of Wisconsin. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Lloyd, Brian (22 November 2018). "An actual lawyer breaks down the 'Cereal Defense' from 'It's Always Sunny...'". Entertainment.ie. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "YouTube lawyer sounds off on charges against Crumbley parents". The Oakland Press. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Savage, Aaron (10 July 2019). "One of My Favorite YouTubers Explains 2019 Supreme Court Rulings". KTEM. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  8. ↑ VGR (26 December 2018). "Real-Life Lawyer Shares Insight on Fortnite Dance Move Lawsuits". VGR. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  9. ↑ Legal Eagle Prep
  10. 1 2 3 "Devin J. Stone, Esq". Stone Law DC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  11. ↑ Lambe, Jerry (25 June 2020). "Lawsuit Seeks to Unearth Details Behind Trump Administration's Review of Bolton Book". Law&Crime. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  12. ↑ Gerstein, Josh (25 June 2020). "New lawsuit demands details on Bolton book review". Politico. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Legal Eagle, LLC v. Nat'l Sec. Council Recs. Access & Info. Sec. Mgmt. Directorate, No. 20-1732, 2021 WL 1061222 (D.D.C. Mar. 18, 2021) (Contreras, J.)". www.justice.gov. 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Devin J Stone". Georgetown University Law Center. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "12th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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