By Kurt Kuhn

Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. is the deadline to vote online in the State Bar of Texas judicial poll. The bar poll is an important part of our judicial elections. It gives the legal community the opportunity to let the general public know who it deems to be most qualified. If you have not yet already voted, I hope you will take 2 minutes right now and vote online in the bar poll using your bar card number.

My career has been dedicated to our Texas appellate courts. I am the only candidate who is board-certified in civil appellate law, and the only candidate with significant civil and criminal appellate experience. Currently, I am partner and chair of the appellate practice group at Brown McCarroll. I also teach appellate advocacy at the University of Texas School of Law. Previously, I worked as an Assistant Solicitor General, representing the state in civil and criminal appeals. I have the experience needed for this important position, and as a result, I am honored to have earned the support of an overwhelming number of leading attorneys in the Third Court district.

If given the opportunity to serve, I cannot promise that you and I will agree on every case. But I can promise that in each case I will work tirelessly, apply the law evenhandedly, and never forget the importance of each opinion to the parties, their counsel, and the jurisprudence of the state. The Third Court of Appeals’ current backlog is unacceptable, and I will work to end it. And I will staunchly defend the right to trial and the proper role of our courts.

I hope you will join me in this effort. I humbly ask for your vote in the bar poll, and your vote in November in the general election. Please click here to vote securely online.