Dubose, Kevin

Kevin Dubose is an appellate lawyer in Houston, and a founding partner of Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP. He is a former Chair of the State Bar of Texas Appellate Section, former Chair of the Appellate Section of the Houston Bar Association, and a Past President of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

Kevin first wrote about legal ethics in the early 1990s, and since then has written and spoken about that subject numerous times. He is a lawyer who other lawyers frequently turn to for ethical advice.

When Chair of the State Bar Appellate Section, Kevin appointed, and served on, a committee to draft standards of professionalism designed for appellate law. Those efforts culminated in the creation of the Standards for Appellate Conduct, which was adopted by the Supreme Court of Texas and Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1999. It became the first, and remains the only, set of ethical standards specifically designed for appellate practice in the United States.

Kevin served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Center for Legal Ethics from 2015-23, and was Chair of that Board in 2020-21. He has participated in over 60 CLE programs on behalf of the Center.

Kevin has received two awards for his contributions to ethics and professionalism in Texas: the Chief Justice Jack Pope Professionalism Award in 2012 (presented by the Texas Center for Legal Ethics), and the Lola Wright Foundation Award in 2020 (presented by the Texas Bar Foundation, in recognition of outstanding public service in advancing and enhancing legal ethics in Texas).