Meet President Kennon Wooten

Kennon Wooten was raised in Austin by parents who play and love music. She passed many hours at music festivals during her childhood and still has a deep appreciation for music.

Wooten graduated from LBJ High School and went to UT for undergrad and law school. In undergrad, she was on the first varsity women’s rowing team, created as a result of Title IX litigation relating to discriminatory treatment of women’s athletic programs at UT.

Before entering the legal field, she managed a nutrition clinic and spent six months in Costa Rica, volunteering as an ESL teacher and working as a substitute teacher. While in law school, she interned for Justice Mack Kidd at the Third Court of Appeals.

Directly after law school, Wooten clerked for former Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson of the Texas Supreme Court. She then worked at Baker Botts (Austin) for a few years before returning to the Texas Supreme Court to serve as the Rules Attorney. In 2011, she began working for Scott Douglass & McConnico, where she is now a partner. She is a civil litigator and has handled a broad array of cases, both at trial and on appeal.

Wooten is a frequent planner of, and speaker for, Continuing Legal Education courses. She is also a published author of books and articles on discovery practices in Texas.

Austin Bar President Kennon Wooten with her husband Louie Riesch and daughter Linden.

In addition to her roles with the Austin Bar, she has served as a member of the Texas Commission to Expand Civil Legal Services, a member of the Supreme Court of Texas Task Force for Rules in Expedited Actions, the president of the Austin Young Lawyers Association, the chair of the State Bar Court Rules Committee, the editor-in-chief for Austin Lawyer, and a board member for Texas Folklife and Austin Friends of Traditional Music. She currently serves as the secretary of the Texas Legal Service Center and as a member of the Travis County Women Lawyers Association, the Blue Action Democrats’ Social and Service Committee, and the Board of Directors for the Capital Area Democratic Women. She is also a member of the American Law Institute, Supreme Court Advisory Committee, Editorial Board for The Advocate, and State Bar Court Rules Committee.

Wooten’s husband, Louie, is a school nurse at Travis Heights Elementary School. Their daughter, Linden, is a student at Travis Heights Elementary School. She is seven years old, and she is full of imagination and spunk. AL