Fairfield Industries, Inc. D/B/A FairfieldNodal v. EP Energy E&P Company, L.P. F/K/A El Paso E&P Company, L.P.

Opinion

ACCEPTED 14-15-00586-CV FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 7/17/2015 5:10:23 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

No. 14-15-00586-CV

In the Court of Appeals FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS for the Fourteenth Judicial District 7/17/2015 5:10:23 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Houston, Texas Clerk

FAIRFIELD INDUSTRIES, INC. D/B/A FAIRFIELDNODAL, Appellant, v.

EP ENERGY E&P COMPANY, L.P. F/K/A EL PASO E&P COMPANY, L.P., Appellee.

On Appeal from the 157th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2014-11062

APPELLANT’S NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL AND DESIGNATION OF LEAD COUNSEL

TO THE HONORABLE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 6, Appellant, Appellant Fairfield Industries, Inc.

d/b/a FairfieldNodal, files this Notice of Appearance of Counsel and Designation of

Lead Counsel on appeal as follows:

1. Appellant designates the following attorneys of the law firm of

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, as counsel on appeal:

1 Sean D. Jordan State Bar No. 00790988 sean.jordan@sutherland.com Kent C. Sullivan State Bar No. 19487300 kent.sullivan@sutherland.com Danica L. Milios State Bar No. 00791261 danica.milios@sutherland.com Peter C. Hansen State Bar No. 24066668 peter.hansen@sutherland.com SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP 600 Congress Ave., Suite 2000 Austin, Texas 78701 [Tel.] (512) 721-2679 [Fax] (512) 721-2656

2. Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 6.1, Appellant hereby designates Sean D.

Jordan as lead counsel on appeal.

3. Appellant respectfully requests that the Court and other counsel in this

case note this designation and send all further correspondence, orders, or other

communications to the undersigned.

2 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Sean D. Jordan Sean D. Jordan State Bar No. 00790988 sean.jordan@sutherland.com Kent C. Sullivan State Bar No. 19487300 kent.sullivan@sutherland.com Danica L. Milios State Bar No. 00791261 danica.milios@sutherland.com Peter C. Hansen State Bar No. 24066668 peter.hansen@sutherland.com SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP 600 Congress Ave., Suite 2000 Austin, Texas 78701 [Tel.] (512) 721-2679 [Fax] (512) 721-2656

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT

3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on July 17, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing

document was served via eFile.TXCourts.gov, U.S. Certified Mail, return receipt

requested, or by FedEx on the following:

Mr. Thomas W. Paterson Mr. Robert S. Safi Ms. Abigail C. Noebels SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 1000 Louisiana, Suite 5100 Houston, Texas 77002-5096 tpaterson@susmangodfrey.com rsafi@susmangodfrey.com anoebels@susmangodfrey.com

Mr. James A. Porter Ms. S. Pilar Gravitt Grantham EP ENERGY 1001 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas 77002 james.porter@epenergy.com pilar.grantham@epenergy.com

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE

/s/ Sean D. Jordan Sean D. Jordan