Nash Jesus Gonzales and Gonzales & Gonzales, P.C. v. Marissa Ann Maggio

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-14-00117-CV 3873795 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/23/2015 10:13:43 JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK NO. 03-14-00117-CV

NASH JESUS GONZALES and § FILED IN IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 3rd COURT OF APPEALS GONZALES & GONZALES, P.C., § AUSTIN, TEXAS Appellants § 1/23/2015 10:13:43 AM V. § THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT JEFFREY D. KYLE § Clerk

MARISSA ANN GONZALES § Appellee § AUSTIN, TEXAS

MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL

Marissa A. Maggio (f/k/a Marissa Ann Gonzales), Appellee, requests the

Court's permission to substitute counsel for this appeal, and would show as

follows:

INTRODUCTION

1. Appellant is Nash Jesus Gonzales and Gonzales & Gonzales, PC.

Appellee is Marissa A. Maggio (f/k/a Marissa Ann Gonzales).

2. Michael Burnett is currently lead counsel for Appellee.

3. Appellee and Michael Burnett request that C. Wilson Shirley III,

Jessica M. Hall and the firm of SAVRICK, SCHUMANN, JOHNSON, MCGARR,

KAMINSKI & SHIRLEY, LLP, be substituted in as counsel for this appeal.

4. Appellants' counsel agrees with this Motion to Substitute.

5. Appellee consents to this Motion as reflected by her signature below.

ARGUMENTS AND AUTHORITY

6. The Court may substitute C. Wilson Shirley III, Jessica M. Hall and

the firm of SAVRICK, SCHUMANN, JOHNSON, McGARR, KAMINSKI & SHIRLEY, LLC

for Michael Burnett as lead counsel in this appeal. TEX. R. APP. P. 6.5.

7. Substitution of counsel is necessary because Michael Burnett recently

announced he is changing law firms. The new law firm where Michael Burnett

will be working has a conflict of interest in this case in that the new law firm

previously represented Appellant Nash Jesus Gonzales. Such a conflict prohibits

Michael Burnett from continuing his representation of Appellee.

8. The necessary information for Appellee's new counsel is as follows:

C. Wilson Shirley III State Bar No. 0079564 7 Jessica M. Hall State Bar No. 24046348 SAVRICK, SCHUMANN, JOHNSON, MCGARR, KAMINSKI & SHIRLEY, LLP The Overlook at Gaines Ranch 4330 Gaines Ranch Loop, Suite 150 Austin, Texas 78735 512-347-1604 512-347-1676 Facsimile Email: Wilson@ssjmlaw.com Email: JHall@ssjmlaw.com

PRAYER

Appellee Marissa A. Maggio and Michael Burnett pray that this Court grant

this Motion, and that C. Wilson Shirley III, Jessica M. Hall and the firm of

SAvrucK, SCHUMANN, JoHNSON, McGARR, KAMINSKI & SHIRLEY, LLC be

substituted in as counsel for Appellee in this case on appeal.

Respectfully submitted,

ARMBRUST & BROWN, PLLC

~~J= State Bar No. 00790399 100 Congress, Suite 1300 Austin, Texas 78701 512-435-2315 512-435-2360- Fax Email: mburnett@abaustin.com

SAvrucK, ScHUMANN, JoHNsoN, McGARR, KAMINSKI & SHIRLEY, LLP

~Jessica M. Hall State Bar No. 24046348 The Overlook at Gaines Ranch 4330 Gaines Ranch Loop, Suite 150 Austin, Texas 78735 512-347-1604 512-347-1676 Facsimile Email: Wilson@ssjmlaw.com Email: JHall@ssimlaw.com

AGREED

~ flk/a Marissa Ann Gonzales

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I certifY that I have conferred with Thomas Cowart, counsel for Appellants, by email correspondence and he has agreed and is unopposed to this Motion for Substitution.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certifY that a true and correct copy of this Motion for Substitution of Counsel has been served on the following via the Efile system on this _ ~RY of January, 2015: f.~'~ Thomas B. Cowart Wasoff & Cowart, PLLC 100 North Central Expressway, Suite 901 Richardson, Texas 75080 Email: tom@tcowart.com