{{Short description|American attorney and YouTuber (born 1980s)}} {{Redirect|LegalEagle|other uses|Legal Eagle}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use American English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox YouTube personality | name = Devin Stone | image = Devin Stone.webp | caption = Stone in 2021 | birth_name = Devin James Stone | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|5|1989|11|17}} | birth_place = | education = University of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD) | occupation = {{Hlist|Lawyer|YouTuber}} | youtube_handle = LegalEagle | youtube_years_active = 2017–present | youtube_subscribers = 3.91 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 1.19 billion<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = May 15, 2026 | website = {{Official URL}} }}
'''Devin James Stone''' (born 1983 or 1984) is an American lawyer and YouTuber known for his channel, '''LegalEagle''',<ref name="www.law360.com">{{Cite web|title='LegalEagle' Brings Big YouTube Audience Into World Of Law|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1362390|website=Law360|access-date=2023-10-29|language=en}}</ref> where he talks about current legal cases and explains how US law works in respect to them.<ref name="The Oakland Press_2021-12-12">{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Brian |date=2021-12-12 |title=YouTube lawyer sounds off on charges against Crumbley parents |url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2021/12/12/youtube-lawyer-sounds-off-on-charges-against-crumbley-parents/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=The Oakland Press |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="KTEM NewsRadio 14_2019-07-10">{{Cite web|title=One of My Favorite YouTubers Explains 2019 Supreme Court Rulings|url=https://ktemnews.com/legaleagle-youtube-lawyer-explains-2019-supreme-court-rulings/|publisher=KTEM|date=2019-07-10|access-date=2023-10-29|language=en|first=Aaron|last=Savage}}</ref><ref name="VGR_2018-12-26">{{Cite web|title=Real-Life Lawyer Shares Insight on Fortnite Dance Move Lawsuits|url=https://www.vgr.com/real-life-lawyer-shares-insight-on-fortnite-dance-move-lawsuits/|website=VGR|date=2018-12-26|access-date=2023-10-29|language=en}}</ref> He also reviews films and television shows<ref name="State Bar of Wisconsin">{{Cite web|title=Briefly|url=https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/WisconsinLawyer/Pages/Article.aspx?Volume=92&Issue=2&ArticleID=26848|website=State Bar of Wisconsin|access-date=2023-10-29|date=2019-02-12|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Entertainment.ie_2018-11-22">{{Cite web|title=An actual lawyer breaks down the 'Cereal Defense' from 'It's Always Sunny...'|url=https://entertainment.ie/tv/tv-news/lawyer-breaks-down-the-cereal-defense-385420/|website=Entertainment.ie|date=2018-11-22|access-date=2023-10-29|language=en|first=Brian|last=Lloyd}}</ref> on their accuracy depicting law and courtroom procedure as well as the legal issues raised by those works. He operates a law school exam prep company called Legal Eagle Prep<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Legal Eagle |url=https://www.legaleagleprep.com/about |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=legaleagle |language=en}}</ref> as well as his own law firm called Eagle Team Law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Eagle Team Law |url=https://eagleteam.law/about/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=eagleteamlaw |date=March 16, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == Devin James Stone<ref name="fullname">{{Cite web|url=https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/260326|title=Devin James Stone #260326|date=January 18, 2022|website=Calbar|publisher=State Bar of California|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Horn |first=Liam |date=2020-05-28 |title=Better Call Saul: 5 Things It Gets Right About Legal Practice (& 5 It Gets Wrong) |url=https://screenrant.com/better-call-saul-legal-practice-show-gets-right-wrong/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Devin J Stone |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/devin-j-stone/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Georgetown University Law Center |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://stonelawdc.com/about |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=stonelawdc |language=en-US |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121234718/https://stonelawdc.com/about |url-status=live }}</ref> was born in 1983 or 1984.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5GE0IjJAns |title=Real Lawyer Reacts to The Little Mermaid |date=2023-05-27 |last=Stone |first=Devin James |publisher=LegalEagle |time=0:00 |access-date=2024-12-28 |quote=Disney's original "Little Mermaid" came out in 1989. And even though I was five at the time... |via=YouTube}}</ref> He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science 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.<ref name="Stone">{{cite web |title=Devin J. Stone, Esq. |url=https://stonelawdc.com/about |agency=Stone Law DC |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121234718/https://stonelawdc.com/about |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Career == Stone was a judicial extern for senior United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit judge Arthur Lawrence Alarcón, and later worked as an associate at national firms Barnes & Thornburg and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.<ref name="Stone"/>
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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lambe |first1=Jerry |title=Lawsuit Seeks to Unearth Details Behind Trump Administration's Review of Bolton Book |url=https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/lawsuit-seeks-to-unearth-details-behind-trump-administrations-review-of-bolton-book/ |access-date=22 January 2021 |agency=Law&Crime |date=25 June 2020 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116094320/https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/lawsuit-seeks-to-unearth-details-behind-trump-administrations-review-of-bolton-book/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerstein |first1=Josh |title=New lawsuit demands details on Bolton book review |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/25/john-bolton-book-review-lawsuit-339368 |access-date=22 January 2021 |agency=Politico |date=25 June 2020 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129072205/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/25/john-bolton-book-review-lawsuit-339368 |url-status=live }}</ref> The suit was dismissed on March 18, 2021, with a judge ruling that the NSC is not an agency subject to FOIA and that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that the other agencies had to expedite their processing of the FOIA requests.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-19 |title=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.) |url=https://www.justice.gov/oip/legal-eagle-llc-v-natl-sec-council-recs-access-info-sec-mgmt-directorate-no-20-1732-2021-wl |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=justice.gov |language=en |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818014318/https://www.justice.gov/oip/legal-eagle-llc-v-natl-sec-council-recs-access-info-sec-mgmt-directorate-no-20-1732-2021-wl |url-status=live }}</ref>
In September 2021, Stone became an adjunct law professor at Georgetown University Law Center.<ref name="Stone" /><ref name="law.georgetown.edu">{{Cite web|title=Devin J Stone|url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/devin-j-stone/|access-date=2023-10-29|website=Georgetown University Law Center|language=en-US}}</ref>
On December 11, 2024, Stone announced that he was filing lawsuits against the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Department of Justice to try to obtain a court order requiring them to comply with his FOIA requests relating to the DOJ investigations on President-elect Donald Trump's classified documents case and election obstruction case.<ref>{{cite news|last=Niemietz|first=Brian|date=December 11, 2024|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/12/11/legal-eagle-lawsuit-fbi-doj-trump-investigation-records-jack-smith/|title=YouTuber Legal Eagle sues FBI, DOJ for Trump investigation records|work=Daily News|location=New York|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref>{{update inline |date=December 2025 |reason=What happened to those lawsuits?}}
On January 2, 2025, Stone announced that he and Sam Denby had filed a class action lawsuit against PayPal Honey for poaching creator commissions.{{clarify |date=December 2025 |reason=Is there a crime or tort called 'poaching'? What is a 'creator commission'? Does the applicable law require payment of 'creator commissions'? Is this lawsuit notable? What happened to this lawsuit?}} This came after YouTube creator MegaLag created a video about the subject.<ref>{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Wes|date=January 5, 2025|url=https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/5/24336236/youtube-creators-suing-paypal-honey-extension-affiliate-link-swapping|title=YouTuber Legal Eagle is suing over PayPal's Honey extension|work=The Verge|access-date=April 1, 2026|archive-date=March 23, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260323044756/https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/5/24336236/youtube-creators-suing-paypal-honey-extension-affiliate-link-swapping|url-status=live}}</ref>
Stone guest starred in the Season 8 premiere of the comedy series ''Game Changer'', released on May 18, 2026.<ref>{{cite web | title=Don't Wake Standards & Practices | website=Dropout | date=May 18, 2026 | url=https://watch.dropout.tv/videos/don-t-wake-standards-practices | access-date=May 18, 2026}}</ref>
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Award !Category !Result !{{Reference column heading}} |- |2022 |12th Streamy Awards |Commentary |{{nominated}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=12th Annual Streamy Nominees |url=https://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/12th-annual-nominees/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=The Streamy Awards |language=en |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828055513/https://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/12th-annual-nominees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |}
==See also== * Legal education in the United States * Mike Mandell (Law By Mike)
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== External links == * [https://www.legaleagle.tv LegalEagle website] * [https://www.legaleagleprep.com/ Legal Eagle Prep] * {{youTube|c=UCpa-Zb0ZcQjTCPP1Dx_1M8Q}}
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