City of Coppell, Texas; City of Humble, Texas; City of DeSoto, Texas; City of Carrollton, Texas; And City of Farmer's Branch, Texas // Glenn Hegar, in His Official Capacity as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts v. Glenn Hegar, in His Official Capacity as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts // City of Coppell, Texas; City of Humble, Texas; City of DeSoto, Texas; City of Carrollton, Texas; City of Farmer's Branch, Texas; And City of Round Rock, Texas
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ACCEPTED 15-25-00022-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/7/2025 11:33 AM No. 15-25-00022-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE _________________________________________ CLERK FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS In the Court of Appeals AUSTIN, TEXAS for the Fifteenth Judicial District 4/7/2025 11:33:48 AM Austin, Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk _____________________________________________________
City of Coppell, Texas, the City of Humble, Texas, the City of DeSoto, Texas, the City of Carrollton, Texas, and the City of Farmers Branch, Texas Appellants/Cross-Appellees,
v.
Glenn Hegar, in his official capacity as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ____________________________________________________
On Appeal from the 201st Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas Cause Number D-1-GN-21-003198; consolidated with D-1-GN-21- 003203 ____________________________________________________
Appellee/Cross-Appellant’s Notice of Designation of Lead Counsel and Co-Counsel ____________________________________________________
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1(c)
Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Glenn Hegar, in his official capacity as Texas
Comptroller of Public Accounts, designates Deborah J. Rao, Assistant
Attorney General of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas as lead
counsel in this appeal.
Page 1 of 4 Kyle Pierce Counce, Deputy Division Chief for the Tax Litigation
Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, whose signature
first appeared on the first document filed in the appellate court on behalf
of Appellee/Cross-Appellant, is designated as co-counsel for
Appellee/Cross-Appellant. The signature of Kyle Pierce Counce appears
below in compliance with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1(c).
Please send all communications regarding this appeal to:
Deborah J. Rao Assistant Attorney General Tel: (512) 475-3503 deborah.rao@oag.texas.gov
Kyle Pierce Counce Deputy Division Chief Tel: (512) 463-3112 kyle.counce@oag.texas.gov
Tax Litigation Division Office of the Attorney General of Texas P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 Fax: 512-478-4013
Respectfully submitted.
KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas
BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General
Page 2 of 4 RALPH MOLINA Deputy First Assistant Attorney General
AUSTIN KINGHORN Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation
STEVEN ROBINSON Chief, Tax Litigation Division
/s/ Deborah J. Rao DEBORAH J. RAO Assistant Attorney General Texas State Bar No. 24131915 Tel: (512) 475-3503 deborah.rao@oag.texas.gov
KYLE PIERCE COUNCE Deputy Division Chief Texas State Bar No. 24082862 Tel:(512) 463-3112 kyle.counce@oag.texas.gov
Tax Litigation Division P. O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Fax: (512) 478-4013
Counsel for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Glenn Hegar, in his official capacity as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
AGREED TO DESIGNATION:
/s/ Kyle Pierce Counce (with permission D.J.R.) KYLE PIERCE COUNCE
Page 3 of 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on April 7, 2025, a copy of the foregoing notice was served on all attorneys of record listed below via electronic service.
James B. Harris E-mail: james.harris@hklaw.com Stephen F. Fink E-mail: stephen.fink@hklaw.com Richard B. Phillips, Jr. Email: rich.phillips@hklaw.com Reed C. Randel E-mail: reed.randel@hklaw.com
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: 214.969.1700 Fax: 214.969.1751
Brandon L. King E-mail: brandon.king@hklaw.com
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 98 San Jacinto Boulevard, Suite 1900 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: 512.469.6126 Fax: 512.482.5009
Counsel for Appellants/Cross-Appellees
/s/ Deborah J. Rao DEBORAH J. RAO Assistant Attorney General
Page 4 of 4 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.
Envelope ID: 99348728 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: 20250407 Appellees Notice of Designation Status as of 4/7/2025 11:47 AM CST
Associated Case Party: City of Coppell, Texas
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Richard Phillips 24032833 Rich.Phillips@hklaw.com 4/7/2025 11:33:48 AM SENT
Reed Randel 24075780 Reed.Randel@hklaw.com 4/7/2025 11:33:48 AM SENT
Stephen Fink 7013500 Stephen.Fink@hklaw.com 4/7/2025 11:33:48 AM SENT
James Harris 9065400 jim.harris@hklaw.com 4/7/2025 11:33:48 AM SENT
Case Contacts
Kyle PierceCounce kyle.counce@oag.texas.gov 4/7/2025 11:33:48 AM SENT
Brandon L.King brandon.king@hklaw.com 4/7/2025 11:33:48 AM SENT
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