Sandeep Patel v. Harbor Hospice of Beaumont, LP

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 14, 2015
• Docket: 13-15-00452-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 09-15-00356-CV NINTH COURT OF APPEALS BEAUMONT, TEXAS 9/14/2015 3:28:51 PM CAROL ANNE HARLEY CLERK

NO. 09-15-00356-CV

IN THE NINTH COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN 9th COURT OF APPEALS BEAUMONT, TEXAS 9/14/2015 3:28:51 PM SANDEEP PATEL, CAROL ANNE HARLEY Appellant Clerk v.

HARBOR HOSPICE OF BEAUMONT, LP, et al Appellee

ON APPEAL FROM THE ND 172 JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS NO. E-192,576

DESIGNATION OF LEAD COUNSEL

Glen W. Morgan David Gaultney State Bar No. 14438900 MehaffyWeber, P.C. gmorgan@rmqlawfirm.com State Bar No. 07765300 John Werner davidgaultney@mehaffyweber.com State Bar No. 00789720 823 Congress Avenue, Suite 200 jwerner@rmqlawfirm.com Austin, Texas 78701 REAUD MORGAN & QUINN, LLP (512) 394-3840; Fax: (512) 394-3860 801 Laurel St. Post Office Box 26005 David E. Bernsen Beaumont, Texas 77720-6005 State Bar No. 02217500 409/838-1000 – Telephone dbernsen@bernsenlaw.com 409/833-8236 – Facsimile Christine L. Stetson State Bar No. 00785047 cstetson@bernsenlaw.com ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES 420 North MLK, Jr. Pkwy QAMAR ARFEEN, HARBOR HOSPICE Beaumont, Texas 77701 OF BEAUMONT, LP., HARBOR 409/212-9994 – Telephone HOSPICE MANAGERS, LLC AND 409/212-9411 – Facsimile ARFEEN PROPERTIES, LLP Designation of Lead Counsel

Appellees, Qamar Arfeen, Harbor Hospice of Beaumont LP, Harbor Hospice

Managers, LLC and Arfeen Properties, LLP, designate David Gaultney as their

lead counsel on appeal.

1. The following counsel were appellees’ counsel in the trial court and

will remain counsel for appellees in this appeal:

David E. Bernsen State Bar No. 02217500 dbernsen@bernsenlaw.com Christine L. Stetson State Bar No. 00785047 cstetson@bernsenlaw.com 420 North MLK, Jr. Pkwy Beaumont, Texas 77701 409/212-9994 – Telephone 409/212-9411 – Facsimile

Glen W. Morgan State Bar No. 14438900 gmorgan@rmqlawfirm.com John Werner State Bar No. 00789720 jwerner@rmqlawfirm.com Reaud Morgan & Quinn, LLP 801 Laurel St. Post Office Box 26005 Beaumont, Texas 77720-6005 409/838-1000 – Telephone 409/833-8236 – Facsimile

2 2. Appellees, under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1(c), designate

David Gaultney as lead counsel for this appeal. The necessary information for

David Gaultney is as follows:

Texas Bar No. 07765300 823 Congress Avenue, Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: 512-394-3840 Facsimile: 512-394-3860 Email: davidgaultney@mehaffyweber.com

3. Appellees ask that the record reflect this designation and these

appearances.

Respectfully submitted,

MEHAFFYWEBER, P.C.

By: /s/ David Gaultney David Gaultney State Bar No. 07765300 davidgaultney@mehaffyweber.com MehaffyWeber, P.C. 823 Congress Avenue, Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78701 Phone: (512) 394-3840 Fax: (512) 394-3860

By: /s/ Christine L. Stetson David E. Bernsen State Bar No. 02217500 dbernsen@bernsenlaw.com Christine L. Stetson State Bar No. 00785047 cstetson@bernsenlaw.com 420 North MLK, Jr. Pkwy Beaumont, Texas 77701

3 409/212-9994 – Telephone 409/212-9411 – Facsimile

By: /s/ John Werner Glen W. Morgan State Bar No. 14438900 gmorgan@rmqlawfirm.com John Werner State Bar No. 00789720 jwerner@rmqlawfirm.com Reaud Morgan & Quinn, LLP 801 Laurel St. Post Office Box 26005 Beaumont, Texas 77720-6005 409/838-1000 – Telephone 409/833-8236 – Facsimile

QAMAR ARFEEN, HARBOR HOSPICE OF BEAUMONT, LP., HARBOR HOSPICE MANAGERS, LLC AND ARFEEN PROPERTIES, LLP

4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify by my signature below that a true and correct copy of this document has been forwarded to the following counsel of record via electronic filing manager and e-mail on September 14, 2015.

Christopher Portner Mike Truncale Trent Bond ORGAIN, BELL & TUCKER Portner Bond 470 Orleans 1905 Calder Beaumont, TX 77701 Beaumont, TX 77701

Jamie Matuska Tony Malley The Matuska Law Firm Malley Law Firm 2809 Highway 69N 2626 Calder Street, Suite 104 Nederland, Texas 77627 Beaumont, TX 77702

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT, SANDEEP PATEL

/s/ David Gaultney