ACCEPTED 03-15-00285-CV 5580414 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/8/2015 11:39:30 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK NO. 03-15-00285-CV FILED IN IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/8/2015 11:39:30 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. AND AUDI OF AMERICA, INC. Appellants vs. JOHN WALKER III, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES BOARD, AND THE HONORABLE MICHAEL J. O’MALLEY AND THE HONORABLE PENNY A. WILKOV, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES FOR THE STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS Appellees On Appeal from the 201st Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. D-1-GN-15-001186 Honorable Amy Clark Meachum, Presiding Judge NOTICE OF APPEARANCE __________________________________________________________________ Appellants Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and Audi of America, Inc. hereby inform the Court that they will be represented in this appeal by the undersigned attorneys and that their lead appellate counsel is S. Shawn Stephens of King & Spalding, 1100 Louisiana, Suite 4000, Houston, Texas 77002.

Respectfully submitted, KING & SPALDING LLP

By: /s/ S. Shawn Stephens S. Shawn Stephens Texas Bar No. 19160060 [email protected] James P. Sullivan Texas Bar No. 24070702 [email protected] 1100 Louisiana, Suite 4000 Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 751-3200 Facsimile: (713) 751-3290 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

By: /s/ Billy M. Donley Billy M. Donley Texas Bar No. 05977085 Mark E. Smith Texas Bar No. 24070639 Main Street, Suite 1100 Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 751-1600 Facsimile: (713) 751-1717 Attorneys for Appellants Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and Audi of America, Inc.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on June 8, 2015, I used the Court’s electronic case filing system to file this Notice of Appearance and to serve this document on counsel for appellees as follows:

Wm. R. Crocker Kimberly Fuchs [email protected] [email protected] Brazos, Ste. 1014 Assistant Attorney General Austin, Texas 78701 Texas Attorney General’s Office Counsel for Appellees Ricardo M. P.O. Box 12548 Weitz, Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Hi Tech Imports North, LLC, Hi Counsel for Appellees Michael J. O’Malley Tech Imports and Penny A. Wilkov South, LLC and Hi Tech Imports, LLC J. Bruce Bennett Dennis McKinney [email protected] [email protected] Cardwell, Hart & Bennett, LLP Assistant Attorney General Brazos, Suite 1001 Texas Attorney General’s Office Austin, Texas 78701 P.O. Box 12548 Counsel for Appellees Ricardo M. Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Weitz, Counsel for Appellee John Walker III Hi Tech Imports North, LLC, Hi Tech Imports South, LLC and Hi Tech Imports, LLC

Joseph W. Letzer [email protected] Burr & Forman, LLP 20th Street N., Suite 3400 Birmingham, AL 35203 Counsel for Appellees Ricardo M.

Weitz, Hi Tech Imports North, LLC, Hi Tech Imports South, LLC and Hi Tech Imports, LLC

/s/ S. Shawn Stephens S. Shawn Stephens