Hays County, Texas, Ruben Becerra, Debbie Ingalsbe, Michelle Cohen, Morgan Hammer, and Walt Smith, in Their Official Capacities v. Leslie Carnes, Jim Camp, Cathy Ramsey, Gabrielle Moore, and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas
Opinion
ACCEPTED
15-25-00121-CV
FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/20/2025 2:18 PM
NO. 15-25-00121-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK
FILED IN
IN THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS 15th COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Hays County, Texas, Ruben Becerra, 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Debbie Ingalsbe, Michelle Cohen, Morgan Hammer, Clerk and Walt Smith, in their official capacities, Appellants
v.
Leslie Carnes, Jim Camp, Cathy Ramsey, and Gabrille Moore, Appellees
Appeal from the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas; Cause No. D-1-GN-25-002049
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF ADDITIONAL COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS
C. Robert Heath State Bar No. 09347500 BICKERSTAFF HEATH DELGADO ACOSTA LLP 1601 South MoPac Expressway, Suite C400 Austin, Texas 78746 512.472.8021 bheath@bickerstaff.com
Attorneys for Appellants
Notice of Appearance of Additional Counsel for Appellants Page 1
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF ADDITIONAL COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that attorney C. Robert Heath, with the law firm of
Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, hereby enters his appearance as additional
counsel for Appellants Hays County, Texas; Ruben Becerra; Debbie Ingalsbe;
Michelle Cohen; Morgan Hammer; and Walt Smith, in their official capacities and
requests that any correspondence; motions; briefs; notices given, or required to be
given; papers served, or required to be served; or any other documents in this case
directed to Appellants Hays County, Texas; Ruben Becerra; Debbie Ingalsbe;
Michelle Cohen; Morgan Hammer; and Walt Smith, in their official capacities be
served upon C. Robert Heath at the undersigned address.
Respectfully submitted,
BICKERSTAFF HEATH DELGADO ACOSTA LLP 1601 South MoPac Expressway, Suite C400 Austin, Texas 78746 512.472.8021 (telephone) bheath@bickerstaff.com
By: /s/ C. Robert Heath C. ROBERT HEATH State Bar No. 09347500
Attorneys for Appellants
Notice of Appearance of Additional Counsel for Appellants Page 2
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that on November 20, 2025, a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing pleading was served on all counsel of record by the Electronic Service Provider if registered, otherwise by email, as follows:
Bill Aleshire Lynn Saarinen, Assistant Attorney bill@aleshirelaw.com General ALESHIRELAW, PC Lynn.saarinen@oag.texas.gov 3605 Shady Valley Drive ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Austin, Texas 78739 FINANCIAL LITIGATION SECTION, GENERAL LITIGATION DIVISION MC-017
William G. Bunch P.O. Box 12548 bill@sosalliance.org Austin, Texas 78711 Robert Levinski bobby@sosalliance.org Attorney for the Attorney General of SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE the State of Texas 4701 Westgate Blvd, Ste. D-401 Austin, Texas 78745
Attorneys for Appellees
/s/ C. Robert Heath C. ROBERT HEATH
Notice of Appearance of Additional Counsel for Appellants Page 3
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Julie Denny on behalf of Michael Shaunessy Bar No. 18134550 jdenny@mcginnislaw.com Envelope ID: 108291841 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: Other Document Status as of 11/20/2025 2:33 PM CST
Associated Case Party: HAYS COUNTY
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Ian M.Davis idavis@mcginnislaw.com 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Raymond Abarca Raymond.Abarca@oag.texas.gov 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Tristan AGarza tristan.garza@oag.texas.gov 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Michael Shaunessy mshaunessy@mcginnislaw.com 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Julie Denny jdenny@mcginnislaw.com 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Amy Botelho abotelho@mcginnislaw.com 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Austin Jones ajones@mcginnislaw.com 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Bill Aleshire bill@aleshirelaw.com 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Bill Bunch bill@sosalliance.org 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Bobby Levinski bobby@sosalliance.org 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
William Gammon firm@gammonlawoffice.com 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Lynn Saarinen lynn.saarinen@oag.texas.gov 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Rosemarie Kanusky rkanusky@mphlegal.com 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Matthew PhilipHines mhines@mphlegal.com 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
Claude Heath 9347500 bheath@bickerstaff.com 11/20/2025 2:18:36 PM SENT
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