Kennon Lily Wooten

Represented the City of San Antonio when the state sued to stop the city's Reproductive Justice Fund. The Fifteenth Court of Appeals dismissed the state's appeal as moot on October 9, 2025, after she filed an unopposed motion to end it.

October 9, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: search.txcourts.gov · researched September 6, 2026

Lost the Senate Bill 14 case she helped argue. On June 28, 2024 the Texas Supreme Court reversed and vacated the injunction her clients had won, and left the treatment ban in place. The court docket lists her as counsel for the families who sued.

June 28, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: search.txcourts.gov · researched September 6, 2026

Argued in the Texas Supreme Court on January 30, 2024 against Senate Bill 14, the state law barring certain medical treatments for transgender minors. She represented families of transgender youth and told the court the law cut into the right of parents to make medical decisions for their children.

January 30, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: texastribune.org · researched September 6, 2026

Was sued in her own name as a State Bar of Texas board member by attorney Edward Rudolph Turnbull IV, who challenged the bar's lawyer discipline system in Travis County district court. The Third Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal on August 22, 2025 at the suing lawyer's own request.

August 22, 2025

Source: search.txcourts.gov · researched September 6, 2026

Co-wrote the paper "How Texas Court Rules Are Made" with Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht and three others. The Texas judiciary published it on May 21, 2024. It explains step by step how the Supreme Court of Texas writes the rules that govern judges, lawyers, and lawsuits.

May 21, 2024

Source: txcourts.gov · researched September 6, 2026

Was chosen chair-elect of the State Bar of Texas board of directors on April 28, 2023. She had been elected in 2021 as the board member for District 9, Place 3, covering Travis County, and she went on to chair the board.

April 28, 2023

Source: blog.texasbar.com · researched September 6, 2026

Was named to the Texas Supreme Court's Remote Proceedings Task Force in September 2020. The task force studied the online hearings courts started during the COVID-19 pandemic and reported back to the court on which ones to keep.

September 25, 2020

Source: scottdoug.com · researched September 6, 2026

Was appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas to its Supreme Court Advisory Committee on March 26, 2018. The committee is about fifty lawyers who study and recommend the rules that govern Texas courts. She had already sat on it since 2016 as chair of the State Bar committee on court rules.

March 26, 2018

Source: scottdoug.com · researched September 6, 2026

Defended Smith Production Inc. in a long-running Starr County land and oil dispute, Saenz v. Thorp Petroleum. The Texas Supreme Court turned down the losing side's request for review on February 19, 2016, ending the case in her client's favor.

February 19, 2016Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: search.txcourts.gov · researched September 6, 2026

Served as appellate counsel for the Lower Colorado River Authority in its appeal against the City of Boerne. The Fourth Court of Appeals ruled against the authority and affirmed the trial court on January 8, 2014.

January 8, 2014Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: search.txcourts.gov · researched September 6, 2026

Served as appellate counsel for the Lower Colorado River Authority in City of Georgetown v. Lower Colorado River Authority. The Third Court of Appeals in Austin affirmed the ruling in the authority's favor on August 23, 2013. The case began in the 250th District Court in Travis County.

August 23, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: search.txcourts.gov · researched September 6, 2026