Edward Rudolph Turnbull, IV v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline, Daniela Grosz, Daniel Martinez, Seana Willing, John S. Brannon, Amanda Kates, Jenny Hodgkins, and the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, Cindy v. Tisdale, Steve Benesh, Laura Gibson, Kennon Lily Wooten
Opinion
ACCEPTED 15-24-00095-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/29/2025 3:50 PM No. 15-24-00095-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE _____________________________________________ CLERK FILED IN In the Court of Appeals for the 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS
Fifteenth District of Texas at Austin 1/29/2025 3:50:53 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE _____________________________________________ Clerk
EDWARD RANDOLPH TURNBULL, IV, Appellant, v. COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCIPLINE; DANIELA GROSZ, DANIEL MARTINEZ, SEANA WILLING, JOHN S. BRANNON, AMANDA KATES, JENNY HODGKINS, AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CINDY V. TISDALE, STEVE BENESH, LAURA GIBSON, KENNON LILY WOOTEN, ET AL., Appellees. ___________________________________________ On Appeal from the 201st District Court Travis County, Texas; No. D-1-GN-24-002025 Judges Karin Crump & Maya Guerra Gamble ___________________________________________ STATE BAR APPELLEES’ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR 14-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEES’ BRIEF ___________________________________________
Brooke A. Noble Patrick W. Mizell Texas State Bar No. 24110166 Texas State Bar No. 14233980 Emily S. Bamesberger Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. Texas State Bar No. 24125107 845 Texas Avenue, Suite 4700 Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. Houston, Texas 77002 200 West Sixth Street, Suite 2500 T. (713) 758-2932 Austin, Texas 78701 F. (713) 615-5912 T. (512) 542-8409 pmizell@velaw.com F. (512) 236-3234 bnoble@velaw.com ebamesberger@velaw.com
Attorneys for Appellees the Members of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas TO THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:
COME NOW, the State Bar Appellees1 and move this Court for a 14-day
extension of time to file their Appellees’ Brief. The State Bar Appellees would
respectfully show the Court as follows:
1. Appellant Edward Turnbull, IV filed his Appellants Brief on January 3,
2025.
2. The State Bar Appellees’ Appellee Brief is due on Monday, February
3, 2025.
3. The State Bar Appellees seek a fourteen-day extension to Monday,
February 17, 2025.
4. This is the State Bar Appellees’ first request for an extension.
5. Counsel for the State Bar Appellees conferred with counsel for
Appellant and counsel for all other Appellees, who all confirmed that their clients
were unopposed to the relief sought herein.
6. Good cause exists for an extension of time.
1 The State Bar Appellees refers to the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, Cindy V. Tisdale, Steve Benesh, Laura Gibson, Kennon Lily Wooten, Kade [sic] W. Browning, Elizabeth Sandoval Cantu, Luis Cavazos, Jason Charbonnet, Craig Cherry, Kelly-Ann F. Clarke, Jeff Cochran, David C. Courreges, Thomas A. Crosley, August W. Harris III, Britney E. Harrison, Noelle Hicks, Matthew J. Hill, Forrest L. Huddleston, Kristina N. Kastl, Lori M. Kern, Bill Kroger, Hisham Masri, Dwight McDonald, Rudolph K. Metayer, Lawrence Morales II, Kimberly N. Naylor, Rosalind V.O. Perez, Christopher D. Pineda, Chris Popov, Laura Pratt, Shannon Quadros, Michael J. Ritter, Audie Sciumbato, John Sloan, G. David Smith, Paul K. Stafford, Alex J. Stelly Jr., Nitin Sud, Carlo Taboada, Radha Thiagarajan, Dr. Martin A. Tobey, Aaron Z. Tobin, G. Michael Vasquez, Stephen J. Venzor, and Michael J. Wynne.
1 a. Counsel for the State Bar Appellees has two motion for summary
judgment replies due on February 3, 2024 in Seckman v. Antero,
Cause No. 5:23-cv-136 (N.D. W. Va.).
b. Counsel for the State Bar Appellees has an expedited trial set for
February 24-25, 2025 in Desktop Metal, Inc. v. Nano Dimension
Ltd. & Nano US I, Inc., C.A. No. 2024-1303-KJSM (Del. Ch.
Dec. 16, 2024); Desktop Metal, Inc. v. Nano Dimension Ltd., et
al., C.A. No. 2025-0002-KSJM (Del. Ch. Dec. 31, 2024).
7. This motion is not being filed for purposes of delay, but rather so that
justice may be done.
8. Granting this motion will not cause prejudice to any party.
PRAYER The State Bar Appellees respectfully asks this Court to grant the State Bar
Appellees’ Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time, and to extend the deadline for
the State Bar Appellees’ to file their Appellees’ Brief by 14 days, up to and including
February 17, 2024. The State Bar Appellees request all such other and further relief
to which it may be justly entitled.
2 Dated: January 29, 2025 Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Patrick W. Mizell Patrick W. Mizell Texas State Bar No. 14233980 Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 845 Texas Avenue, Suite 4700 Houston, Texas 77002 T. (713) 758-2932 F. (713) 615-5912 pmizell@velaw.com
Brooke A. Noble Texas State Bar No. 24110166 Emily S. Bamesberger Texas State Bar No. 24125107 Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 200 West Sixth Street, Suite 2500 Austin, Texas 78701 T. (512) 542-8409 F. (512) 236-3234 bnoble@velaw.com ebamesberger@velaw.com
Attorneys of Record for Appellees the Members of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas
3 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I hereby certify that on January 28, 2025, I conferred with Gaines West, counsel for Appellant, and Daniel Olds and Royce LeMoine, counsel for Appellees, who all indicated that they are unopposed to the relief requested in this motion.
/s/ Patrick W. Mizell Patrick W. Mizell Attorney of Record for Appellees the Members of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.4(i)(3), I hereby certify that this document contains 312 words, excluding the words not included in the word count pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.4(i)(1). This is a computer- generated document created in Microsoft Word, using 14-point typeface for all text. In making this certificate of compliance, I am relying on the word count provided by the software used to prepare the document.
/s/ Patrick W. Mizell Patrick W. Mizell Attorney of Record for Appellees the Members of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas
4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been electronically transmitted to the Clerk of the Court on this 29th day of January, 2025, and served on the following:
Gaines West Counsel for Appellant WEST, WEBB, ALLBRITTON & GENTRY, P.C. 1515 Emerald Plaza College Station, Texas 77845 gaines.west@westwebblaw.com
Royce Lemoine Counsel for Appellees OFFICE OF THE CHIEF DISCIPLINARY Commission for Lawyer COUNSEL, STATE BAR OF TEXAS Discipline, the Office of the Chief P.O. Box 12487, Capitol Station Disciplinary Counsel, Seana Austin, Texas 78711-2487 Willing, Amanda M. Kates, John Richard.huntpalmer@texasbar.com S. Brannon, Daniel Martinez, and Royce.lemoine@texasbar.com Daniela Grosz
Daniel J. Olds Jadd F. Masso Counsel for Appellee Jenny CLARK HILL PLC Hodgkins 901 Main Street, Suite 6000 Dallas, Texas 75202 dolds@clarkhill.com jmasso@clarkhill.com
Justin B. Cox CLARK HILL PLC Counsel for Appellee Jenny 3711 South Mopac Expressway Hodgkins Building One, Suite 500 Austin, Texas 78746 jbcox@clarkhill.com
/s/ Patrick W. Mizell Patrick W. Mizell Attorney of Record for Appellees the Members of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas
5 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.
Brooke Noble on behalf of Pat Mizell Bar No.
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Edward Rudolph Turnbull, IV v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline, Daniela Grosz, Daniel Martinez, Seana Willing, John S. Brannon, Amanda Kates, Jenny Hodgkins, and the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, Cindy v. Tisdale, Steve Benesh, Laura Gibson, Kennon Lily Wooten (Edward Rudolph Turnbull, IV v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline, Daniela Grosz, Daniel Martinez, Seana Willing, John S. Brannon, Amanda Kates, Jenny Hodgkins, and the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, Cindy v. Tisdale, Steve Benesh, Laura Gibson, Kennon Lily Wooten) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.