Kent Sullivan

Kent Sullivan (Col ’78, Law ’82 L/M) was appointed to a second term as Texas insurance commissioner, and the appointment was unanimously confirmed by the Texas Senate during its recently concluded legislative session. He took office in October 2017, having been asked by Gov. Greg Abbott to serve in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. As commissioner, he is the sole regulator for the second-largest insurance market in the country and the eighth-largest market in the world. His prior professional experience includes more than 25 years in private law practice and service as a justice on the Texas Court of Appeals, a state district court judge, and first assistant attorney general for the Texas Attorney General.

Kent Sullivan (Col ’78, Law ’82 CM) received the 2013 Raven Society Award for his contributions to the University and the legal community in Texas. Judge Sullivan leads the energy litigation team at the national law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan and serves as co-leader of the firm’s appellate litigation practice. He previously served as a justice of the Texas Court of Appeals, as first assistant attorney general of Texas and as a state district court judge. Recently appointed to the Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, he will screen and recommend nominees for federal bench vacancies and U.S. attorney offices in Texas.