Justice Ken Wise was appointed to the 14th Court of Appeals by Governor Rick Perry in October 2013. Prior to his appointment, Justice Wise served as the Judge of the 334th Judicial District Court in Harris County and Judge of the 152nd Judicial District Court in Harris County

Justice Wise earned his bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University, where he competed as a member of the intercollegiate rodeo team. 

Justice Wise is very active in the service of the bar and the judiciary.  He co-chaired a State Bar task force that conducted the first complete study of the Texas Court system since 1894.  He has also served as a multi-district litigation judge as well as a visiting judge in counties across the State of Texas.

Justice Wise is an avid Texas historian.  He hosts the Texas history podcast Wise About Texas which has thousands of listeners nationwide.  He has written several scholarly articles and given dozens of speeches on all aspects of Texas history.  Justice Wise serves on the Archives Committee of the Texas State Historical Association.  He is a Trustee of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society and a member of the Supreme Court Task Force on Historic Court Record Preservation. 

A native Houstonian, Justice Wise has been very active in the Houston community. Justice Wise is a director of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and an advisory director of the Former Texas Ranger Foundation.  In 2015, the Governor of Kentucky commissioned Justice Wise as a Kentucky Colonel. 

Ken is a fifth-generation native Texan with roots dating back to Houston in 1836.  He is married to Sara Wise and they have two children, Sarah Jane and Jackson.