Charles Wagner v. Lamar University, Lamar University Police Department and Hector Flores

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided December 8, 2025·No. 15-25-00147-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00147-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 12/8/2025 3:34 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK No. 15-25-00147-CV FILED IN __________________________________15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 12/8/2025 3:34:05 PM In the Court of Appeals CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk for the Fifteenth Judicial District Austin, Texas

CHARLES WAGNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.

LAMAR UNIVERSITY, LAMAR UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, and HECTOR FLORES, Defendants-Appellees.

On Appeal from the 136th Judicial District Court of Jefferson County, Texas

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL FOR APPELLEES LAMAR UNIVERSITY, LAMAR UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HECTOR FLORES

TO THE HONORABLE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

Drew L. Harris hereby enters his appearance as counsel for Appellees Lamar

University, Lamar University Police Department, and Hector Flores. Joseph Keeney

will remain as lead counsel for Appellees. Mr. Harris is an Assistant Attorney

General for the State of Texas, a member in good standing with the State Bar of

Texas, and is admitted to practice before this Court. Mr. Harris’s contact

information is below:

Drew L. Harris Special Counsel for Employment Law Office of the Attorney General | General Litigation Division P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548 737-224-3791 (direct)

Appellees ask the Clerk of this Court and all counsel of record take notice of

this appearance of counsel for Appellees, and respectfully request that the Court

serve Mr. Harris with all court-issued notices, all pleadings and other filings, and all

other communications with respect to this matter.

Date: December 8, 2025 Respectfully submitted.

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas

BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General

RALPH MOLINA Deputy First Assistant Attorney General

AUSTIN KINGHORN Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

KIMBERLY GDULA Chief, General Litigation Division

/s/ Drew L. Harris_______ JOSEPH KEENEY Texas Bar No. 24092616 DREW L. HARRIS Texas Bar No. 24057887 Assistant Attorneys General Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Phone: 737-228-8812 Fax: 512-320-0667 Joseph.Keeney@oag.texas.gov Drew.Harris@oag.texas.gov

Attorneys for Appellees

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was filed electronically and that notice of this filing will be sent to the following persons through File & Serve Texas’s electronic filing system on December 8, 2025:

Brandon P. Monk The Monk Law Firm 4875 Parker Drive Beaumont, Texas 77705 Phone: (409) 724-6665 Fax: (409) 729-6665 brandon@themonklawfirm.com

Larry Watts P.O. Box 2214 Missouri City, Texas 77459 Ph. (281) 431-1500 Fax (877) 797-4055 wattstrial@gmail.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

/s/ Drew L. Harris DREW L. HARRIS

Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Thomas Ray on behalf of Drew Harris Bar No. 24057887 thomas.ray@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 108848589 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: Appellees' Notice of Appearance of Drew L. Harris Status as of 12/8/2025 3:42 PM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Andrew Harris 24057887 Drew.Harris@oag.texas.gov 12/8/2025 3:34:05 PM SENT

Joseph Keeney 24092616 joseph.keeney@oag.texas.gov 12/8/2025 3:34:05 PM SENT

Larry Watts wattstrial@gmail.com 12/8/2025 3:34:05 PM SENT

Brandon P.Monk brandon@themonklawfirm.com 12/8/2025 3:34:05 PM SENT

Jennifer Holt jennifer.holt@oag.texas.gov 12/8/2025 3:34:05 PM SENT

Thomas Ray thomas.ray@oag.texas.gov 12/8/2025 3:34:05 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: CharlesWagner

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Heather Johnson heather@themonklawfirm.com 12/8/2025 3:34:05 PM SENT

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