Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company, LP v. Petromax Operating Co., Inc., Woodbine Acquisition, LLC, N/K/A MD America Energy, LLC, Petro Texas, LLC, CH4 Energy II, LLC, and Texcal Energy South Texas, LP

Opinion

ACCEPTED

06-15-00044-CV

SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS

TEXARKANA, TEXAS 12/21/2015 4:13:03 PM

DEBBIE AUTREY

CLERK

Cause No. 06-15-00044-CV

FILED IN

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 6th COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS

FOR THE SIXTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS 12/21/2015 4:13:03 PM

AT TEXARKANA DEBBIE AUTREY Clerk

BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY, LP,

Appellant,

V.

PETROMAX OPERATING CO., INC., WOODBINE ACQUISITION, LLC, PETRO TEXAS, LLC, CH4 ENERGY II, LLC , AND TEXCAL ENERGY SOUTH TEXAS, L.P.,

Appellees.

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS ADDITIONAL COUNSEL

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

COMES NOW Jeffery C. Lewis, of the law firm of ATCHLEY,

RUSSELL, WALDROP & HLAVINKA, LLP, and hereby enters his

appearance as additional counsel for WOODBINE ACQUISITION,

LLC n/k/a MD AMERICA ENERGY, LLC, Appellee herein. All

parties hereto take notice of this appearance.

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Respectfully submitted,

BY: /S/ Jeffery C. Lewis Jeffery C. Lewis State Bar No. 12280950 jlewis@arwhlaw.com

ATCHLEY, RUSSELL, WALDROP & HLAVINKA, LLP 1710 Moores Lane Texarkana, Texas 75503 Phone: 903-792-8246 Fax: 903-792-5801

Greg W. Curry State Bar No. 05270300 greg.curry@tklaw.com Richard B. Phillips, Jr. State Bar No. 24032833 rich.phillips@tklaw.com Gregory D. Binns State Bar No. 24027148 greg.binns@tklaw.com

THOMPSON & KNIGHT, LLP One Arts Plaza 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500 Dallas, Texas 75201 Phone: 214-969-1700 Fax: 214-969-1751

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE WOODBINE ACQUISITION, LLC N/K/A MD AMERICA ENERGY LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on December 21, 2015, a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Notice of Appearance as Additional Counsel was forwarded to all counsel by the Electronic Service Provider, if registered, otherwise by email, as follows:

Kirsten M. Castañeda Roger D. Townsend kcastaneda@adjtlaw.com rtownsend@adjtlaw.com ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON & TOWNSEND LLP & TOWNSEND LLP 4925 Greenville Avenue, Suite 510 1844 Harvard Street Dallas, TX 75206 Houston, TX 77008

John R. Mercy Fred Hagans jmercy@texarkanalawyers.com fhagans@hagans-law.com MERCY CARTER TIDWELL, L.L.P. Kendall C. Montgomery 1724 Galleria Oaks Drive kmontgomery@hagans-law.com Texarkana, TX 75503 HAGANS BURDINE MONTGOMERY & RUSTAY, P.C.

Vincent L. Marable III 3200 Travis, Fourth Floor trippmarable@sbcglobal.net Houston, TX 77006 PAUL WEBB, P.C. 221 N. Houston Street Wharton, TX 77488

Counsel for Appellant,

Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP

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BECK REDDEN LLP HANKINSON LLP

David J. Beck Deborah G. Hankinson dbeck@beckredden.com dhankinson@hankinsonlaw.com David M. Gunn Stephanie Dooley Nelson dgunn@beckredden.com snelson@hankinsonlaw.com Thomas E. Ganucheau 750 North St. Paul Street, Suite 1800 tganucheau@beckredden.com Dallas, Texas 75201 Jim Taylor (214) 754-9190 jtaylor@beckredden.com (214) 754-9140 (Fax) 1221 McKinney, Suite 4500 Houston, TX 77010-2010 PIERCE & O’NEILL, LLP (713) 951-3700 (713) 951-3720 (Fax) Jesse R. Pierce jpierce@pierceoneill.com

Counsel for Appellees, Brian K. Tully PetroMax Operating Co., Inc., btully@pierceoneill.com Petro Texas LLC, and 4203 Montrose Boulevard CH4 Energy II, LLC Houston, Texas 77006 (713) 634-3600

CANTEY HANGER LLP (713) 634-3601 (Fax)

Brad D’Amico Counsel for Appellee, bd@canteyhanger.com TexCal Energy South Texas, LP 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 3300 Dallas, TX 75201 (214) 978-4100 (214) 978-4150 (Fax)

Counsel for Appellee, PetroMax Operating Co., Inc.

/S/ Jeffery C. Lewis Jeffery C. Lewis