Antioch St. Johns Cemetery Company D/B/A American Memorial Park, Grand Prairie, Texas Gerald Weatherall And Beverly Randall-Weatherall v. Texas Department of Banking Commissioner

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-15-00341-CV 5891386 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/1/2015 8:08:34 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-15-00341-CV ____________________________________________________ FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS In the Third Court of Appeals AUSTIN, TEXAS Austin, Texas 7/1/2015 8:08:34 AM ____________________________________________________ JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk Antioch St. Johns Cemetery Company d/b/a American Memorial Park, Grand Prairie, Texas; Gerald Weatherall; and Beverly Randall-Weatherall, Appellants,

v.

Texas Department of Banking Commissioner, Appellee. ___________________________________________________

On Appeal from the 261st Judicial District Court, Travis County Texas Trial Court Case No. D-1-GN-14-000367 ____________________________________________________

APPELLEE’S DESIGNATION OF LEAD COUNSEL

Appellee, Texas Department of Banking Commissioner, designates Adam N. Bitter as its lead counsel on appeal. 1. Laura A. Barbour was trial counsel when this case was tried in the 261st Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas. 2. Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1(c), Appellee Texas Department of Banking Commissioner designates Adam N. Bitter as lead counsel for this appeal. 3. The necessary information for Adam Bitter is as follows: Texas Bar No. 24085070 Office of the Attorney General Financial Litigation, Tax, and Charitable Trusts Division P.O. Box 12548

Appellee’s Designation of Lead Counsel Page 1 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 512-963-2422 – Direct Line 512-477-2348 – Facsimile adam.bitter@texasattorneygeneral.gov

4. For these reasons, Appellee requests that Adam N. Bitter be designated as lead counsel for Appellee in this case on appeal.

Dated: July 1, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas

CHARLES E. ROY First Assistant Attorney General

JAMES E. DAVIS Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

ROBERT O’KEEFE Division Chief Financial Litigation, Tax, and Charitable Trusts Division

/s/ Adam N. Bitter ADAM N. BITTER Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24085070 Financial Litigation, Tax, and Charitable Trusts Division P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Telephone: (512) 936-2422 Facsimile: (512) 477-2348 adam.bitter@texasattorneygeneral.gov Counsel for Appellee, Texas Department of Banking Commissioner

Appellee’s Designation of Lead Counsel Page 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Appellee’s Designation of Lead Counsel was served on July 1, 2015, to the following via eFileTexas.gov service and/or as otherwise indicated below:

Kevin S. Wiley, Jr. Via E-Mail: kevinwiley@lkswjr.com LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN S. WILEY, JR. 325 N. St. Paul St., Ste. 4400 Dallas, Texas 75201 kevinwiley@lkswjr.com Fax: 469-619-5725 Counsel for Appellants

/s/ Adam N. Bitter ADAM N. BITTER

Appellee’s Designation of Lead Counsel Page 3