Benson Scott Wyly v. Essex Insurance Company, U.S. Risk, Inc. and Integrity Insurance Solution

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 6, 2015
• Docket: 14-15-00042-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 14-15-00042-CV FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 3/6/2015 1:54:35 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

No. 14-15-00042-CV

FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 3/6/2015 1:54:35 PM FOR THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE HOUSTON, TEXAS Clerk

BENSON SCOTT WYLY, Appellant

v.

ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY AND U.S. RISK, INC., Appellees

On Appeal from Cause No. 13-CV-0583 in the 10th District Court of Galveston County, Texas

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF LEAD APPELLATE COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE INTEGRITY INSURANCE SOLUTIONS

Levon G. Hovnatanian Jeffrey E. Farrell State Bar No. 10059825 State Bar No. 00787453 hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com farrell@mdjwlaw.com MARTIN, DISIERE, JEFFERSON MARTIN, DISIERE, JEFFERSON & & WISDOM, L.L.P. WISDOM, L.L.P. 808 Travis, 20th Floor 900 S. Capital of Texas Hwy, Ste 425 Houston, Texas 77002 Austin, Texas 78746 (713) 632-1700 – Telephone (512) 610-4400 – Telephone (713) 222-0101 – Facsimile (512) 610-4401 – Facsimile TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: Comes now an appellee—Integrity Insurance Solutions—and files this

Notice of Appearance and Designation of Lead Appellate Counsel. Integrity

Insurance Solutions hereby designates the following individual as its lead appellate

counsel:

Levon G. Hovnatanian hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com State Bar No. 10050925 MARTIN, DISIERE, JEFFERSON & WISDOM, L.L.P. 808 Travis, 20th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 632-1700—Telephone (713) 222-0101—Facsimile

Jeffrey E. Farrell, whose State Bar number and contact information appears

in the signature block below, also represents Integrity Insurance Solutions in this

appeal.

In conclusion, Integrity Insurance Solutions respectfully asks the Court to

accept this Notice of Appearance and Designation of Lead Appellate Counsel and

consider Mr. Hovnatanian as its lead appellate counsel.

1 Respectfully submitted,

MARTIN, DISIERE, JEFFERSON & WISDOM, L.L.P.

By: /s/ Levon G. Hovnatanian Levon G. Hovnatanian Texas Bar No. 10059825 hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com 808 Travis, 20th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 632-1700 – Telephone (713) 222-0101 – Facsimile

By: /s/ Jeffrey E. Farrell Jeffrey E. Farrell Texas Bar No. 00787453 farrell@mdjwlaw.com 900 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Suite 425 Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 610-4400 – Telephone (512) 610-4401 – Facsimile

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE INTEGRITY INSURANCE SOLUTIONS

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

This is to certify that this computer-generated notice of appearance and designation of lead appellate counsel for appellee Integrity Insurance Solutions contains 119 words.

/s/ Levon G. Hovnatanian Levon G. Hovnatanian Dated: March 6, 2016

2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Notice of Appearance and Designation of Lead Appellate Counsel has been forwarded to the individuals listed below, by the method(s) indicated, on this 6th day of March 2015:

Keith A. Gross attnygross@aol KEITH A. GROSS ATTORNEY AT LAW 250 Park Avenue League City, Texas 77573 (via e-file and facsimile 832-932-5688) (counsel for appellant Benson Scott Wyly)

Jamie R. Carsey jcarsey@thompsoncoe.com Cyrus W. Haralson charalson@thompsoncoe.com THOMPSON, COE, COUSINS & IRONS, L.L.P. One Riverway, Suite 1400 Houston, Texas 77056 (via e-file and facsimile 713-403-8299) (counsel for appellees Essex Insurance Company and U.S. Risk, Inc.)

/s/ Levon G. Hovnatanian Levon G. Hovnatanian