the University of Texas at Austin v. Beverly Kearney

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 19, 2015
• Docket: 03-14-00500-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-14-00500-CV 4571849 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 3/19/2015 5:08:04 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-14-00500-CV

FILED IN IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 3/19/2015 5:08:04 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, Appellant,

V.

BEVERLY KEARNEY, Appellee.

Appeal from the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, Trial Court Case No. D-1-GN-13-003908

MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

David J. Beck, Geoffrey A. Gannaway, Russell S. Post, Gretchen S. Sween

Christopher Cowan, and the law firm, Beck Redden LLP, respectfully move to

withdraw from representing Appellant, The University of Texas at Austin, in this

appeal. The motion should be granted for these reasons:

1. This Court’s docket sheet indicates that Appellant, The University of

Texas at Austin, is currently represented by the undersigned attorneys from Beck

Redden LLP.

1278.006/558325 2. The undersigned attorneys respectfully seek leave to withdraw from

representing Appellant, The University of Texas at Austin. See Tex. R. App. P.

6.5(d). The substitution of counsel will not result in any delay of these

proceedings. The substitute attorneys for Appellant, The University of Texas at

Austin will be:

Patton G. Lochridge State Bar No. 12458500 plochridge@mcginnislaw.com Richard D. Milvenan State Bar No. 14171800 rmilvenan@mcginnislaw.com Stephanie N. Duff-O’Bryan State Bar No. 24087448 sduffobryan@mcginnislaw.com MCGINNIS, LOCHRIDGE & KILGORE, LLP 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 495-6044 (512) 505-6344 (Fax)

PRAYER

3. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully

requests that this Court grant Appellant’s motion to withdraw, and that the docket

sheet accurately reflect Appellant, The University of Texas at Austin’s, new

counsel.

1278.006/558325 2 Respectfully submitted,

BECK REDDEN LLP

By: /s/ Gretchen S. Sween David J. Beck State Bar No. 00000070 dbeck@beckredden.com Russell S. Post State Bar No. 00797258 rpost@beckredden.com Geoff A. Gannaway State Bar No. 24036617 ggannaway@beckredden.com 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500 Houston, TX 77010 (713) 951-3700 (713) 951-3720 (Fax)

Gretchen S. Sween State Bar No. 24041996 gsween@beckredden.com Christopher R. Cowan State Bar No. 24084975 ccowan@beckredden.com 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1750 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 708-1000 (512) 708-1002 (Fax)

WITHDRAWING COUNSEL

1278.006/558325 3 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE My office conferred about the merits of the motion with counsel for appellee, who do not oppose the requested relief.

/s/ Gretchen S. Sween Gretchen S. Sween

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on March 19, 2015, a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Motion was forwarded to all counsel of record by the Electronic Filing Service Provider, Electronic Filing Service Provider, if registered, and by Certified and First Class U.S. Mail, as follows:

Brendan K. McBride Jody R. Mask, Esq. THE MCBRIDE LAW FIRM Ricardo A. Garcia, Esq. 425 Soledad, Suite 620 GARCIA & KARAM, L.L.P. San Antonio, TX 78205 820 South Main Email: brendan.mcbride@att.net McAllen, Texas 78501 Email: jody@gomlaw.com

Derek Howard, Esq. Logan Howard, Esq. HOWARD & KOBELAN 100 Congress, Suite 1720 Austin, Texas 78701 Email: dhoward@howardkobelan.com

Counsel for Appellee, Beverly Kearney

Patricia C. "Patti" Ohlendorf, J.D. Vice President for Legal Affairs THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Flawn Academic Center, Suite 438 Austin, Texas 78712 By C/M RR #7005 0390 0000 7492 6767 and First Class U.S. Mail

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