In Re Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 17, 2025
• Docket: 15-24-00091-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-24-00091-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/17/2025 5:42 PM No. 15-24-00091-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK

In the Court of Appeals 15th COURT FILED IN OF APPEALS

for the Fifteenth Judicial District1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM AUSTIN, TEXAS

Austin, Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

In re Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas, Relator.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the 139th Judicial District Court, Hidalgo County

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF LEAD COUNSEL

Please take notice that Johnathan Stone, Division Chief, representing the Of-

fice of the Attorney General of the State of Texas, is substituted for Matthew T.

Kennedy as lead counsel on behalf of Appellant in the above-captioned cause. Mr.

Stone’s contact information is as follows:

Johnathan Stone Division Chief State Bar No. 24071779 Johnathan.Stone@oag.texas.gov Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Division P. O. Box 12548 (MC-010) Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Phone: (512) 936-2613 Fax: (512) 473-8301 Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas

BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General

RALPH MOLINA Deputy First Assistant Attorney General

JAMES LLOYD Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

/s/ Johnathan Stone JOHNATHAN STONE Chief, Consumer Protection Division State Bar No. 24071779

/s/ Matthew T. Kennedy Matthew T. Kennedy Deputy Chief, Consumer Protection State Bar No. 24092619

ROB FARQUHARSON Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24100550

DAVID SHATTO Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24104114

Consumer Protection Division Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 Johnathan.Stone@oag.texas.gov matt.kennedy@oag.texas.gov

2 Rob.Farquharson@oag.texas.gov David.Shatto@oag.texas.gov Telephone: (512) 936-2613 Facsimile: (512) 473-8301

ATTORNEYS FOR TEXAS

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on the 17th day of January 2025, a copy of the foregoing

document was served to all counsel of record in accordance with the Texas Rules of

Civil Procedure.

/s/ Johnathan Stone JOHNATHAN STONE Chief, Consumer Protection Division

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.

Pauline Sisson on behalf of Johnathan Stone Bar No. 24071779 pauline.sisson@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 96380899 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: 20250117 Substitution of Lead Counsel Stone Status as of 1/21/2025 7:04 AM CST

Associated Case Party: Office of the Attorney General

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Levi Fuller 24087548 Levi.Fuller@oag.texas.gov 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT

Matthew Kennedy 24092619 matt.kennedy@oag.texas.gov 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT

Pauline Sisson pauline.sisson@oag.texas.gov 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT

Zoann Willis zoann.willis@oag.texas.gov 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT

Ryan Baasch ryan.baasch@oag.texas.gov 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley

David Garza 7731400 dgarza@garzaandgarza.com 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT

Ben Gifford bg720@georgetown.edu 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT

Joseph Mead jm3468@georgetown.edu 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT

William Powell whp25@georgetown.edu 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT

Seth Wayne sw1098@georgetown.edu 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: J.R."Bobby"Flores

Cecilia Paz cecilia.paz@co.hidalgo.tx.us 1/17/2025 5:42:33 PM SENT