Kent Rutter

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Kent Rutter has been handling state and federal appeals for more than 25 years, earning a reputation for winning significant appeals and creating favorable precedent for major clients. He recently concluded his term as President of the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists, an organization whose membership is limited to the select group of trial and appellate lawyers who are board-certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Kent has also served as the elected chair of both the 2100-member Appellate Section of the State Bar of Texas and the Appellate Practice Section of the Houston Bar Association. In addition to his advocacy and leadership, Kent is known for co-authoring an award-winning empirical study of the factors that most frequently result in reversal in the Texas appellate courts, a topic he has presented to audiences of hundreds of judges, trial and appellate lawyers, and in-house counsel statewide.