IDEA Public Schools v. Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Texas
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ACCEPTED 15-25-00218-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/6/2026 10:36 AM No. 15-25-00218-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN In the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth District, Austin, TexasOF APPEALS 15th COURT AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/6/2026 10:36:16 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Clerk Appellant, v.
KEN PAXTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On Appeal from the 200th District Court of Travis County, Texas The Honorable Daniela DeSeta Lyttle, Presiding
APPELLEE’S NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF LEAD COUNSEL
Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 6.5(d), Appellee Ken Paxton, in his official
capacity as Attorney General for the State of Texas, files this Notice of
Substitution of Lead Counsel. Mr. Paxton’s attorney-in-charge has, until today,
been Lauren McGee. This case has now been internally transferred to Assistant
Attorney General Karen L. Watkins.
Therefore, Assistant Attorney General Karen L. Watkins is now
substituting for Ms. McGee as Mr. Paxton’s lead counsel. Ms. Watkins will now
be responsible for this suit and shall be the attorney to receive all
communications from the Court and other parties at the address indicated on
the following page. A copy of this Notice has also been provided to Ms. Tamara Smith, Chief
of the Open Records Division of the Office of the Attorney General in accordance
with Tex. R. App. P. 6.5(b).
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
ERNEST C. GARCIA Chief, Administrative Law Division
/s/Karen L. Watkins KAREN L. WATKINS State Bar No. 20927425 Assistant Attorney General Administrative Law Division OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Telephone: (512) 475-4208 Karen.Watkins@oag.texas.gov
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE
Notice of Substitution of Lead Counsel Cause No. 15-25-00218-CV Page 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice of Substitution of Lead Counsel has been served on January 6, 2026, on the following counsel of record by e-service and/or e-mail:
CHRISTOPHER H. SCHULZ State Bar No. 24060576 ALLEN KELLER State Bar No. 24070039 JOSEPH E. HOFFER State Bar No. 24049462 Schulman, Lopez, Hoffer & Adelstein, LLP 845 Proton Road San Antonio, Texas 78258 Tel.: (210) 538-5385 cschulz@slh-law.com akeller@slh-law.com jhoffer@slh-law.com
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
/s/ Karen L. Watkins KAREN L. WATKINS Assistant Attorney General
Notice of Substitution of Lead Counsel Cause No. 15-25-00218-CV Page 3 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.
Jeff Lutz on behalf of Karen Watkins Bar No. 20927425 jeff.lutz@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 109694832 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: 2026 0106 Ntc of Sub Lead Counsel KW Status as of 1/6/2026 10:40 AM CST
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Allen M.Keller akeller@slh-law.com 1/6/2026 10:36:16 AM SENT
Christopher H.Schulz cschulz@slh-law.com 1/6/2026 10:36:16 AM SENT
Joseph E.Hoffer jhoffer@slh-law.com 1/6/2026 10:36:16 AM SENT
Taylor Norman tnorman@slh-law.com 1/6/2026 10:36:16 AM SENT
Lauren McGee 24128835 Lauren.mcgee@oag.texas.gov 1/6/2026 10:36:16 AM SENT
Karen Watkins karen.watkins@oag.texas.gov 1/6/2026 10:36:16 AM SENT
Jeff Lutz jeff.lutz@oag.texas.gov 1/6/2026 10:36:16 AM SENT
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