ACCEPTED 01-14-00257-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/2/2015 10:47:14 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

No. 01-14-00257-CV FILED IN IN THE 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS 2/2/2015 10:47:14 AM FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

JAMES T. DREILING and SILVEROAK LAND COMPANY, L.P., Appellants, v. SECURITY STATE BANK & TRUST, Appellee.

From the County Court at Law of Kendall County, Texas, Cause No. 12-473CCL, the Honorable Bill Palmer Presiding

APPELLANTS’ DESIGNATION OF LEAD COUNSEL

DECKER JONES, P.C.

Burnett Plaza, Suite 2000 Cherry Street, Unit 46 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 817-336-2400 (telephone) 817-336-2181(facsimile) DANIEL L. BATES State Bar No. 01899900 STEPHEN L. POLOZOLA State Bar No. 24027625 KYLE B. FONVILLE State Bar No. 24087530 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS TO THE HONORABLE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS: Appellants, JAMES T. DREILING and SILVEROAK LAND COMPANY, L.P., hereby submit this Designation of Lead Counsel and would respectfully show as follows: Appellants designate the following as lead counsel and request that the Court and all attorneys of record direct all further notices, motions, briefs, correspondence, and papers as follows:

Daniel L. Bates (Lead appellate counsel) State Bar No. 01899900 Decker Jones, P.C.

801 Cherry Street, Unit #46 Burnett Plaza, Suite 2000 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 (817) 336-2400 (telephone) (817) 336-2181 (facsimile) Email: [email protected]

DESIGNATION OF LEAD COUNSEL Page 1 8478.54002/397502 Respectfully submitted, DECKER JONES, P.C.

Burnett Plaza, Suite 2000 Cherry Street, Unit 46 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 817-336-2400 (telephone) 817-336-2181 (facsimile) By: /s/ Daniel L. Bates DANIEL L. BATES State Bar No. 01899900 Email: [email protected] STEPHEN L. POLOZOLA State Bar No. 24027625 Email: [email protected] KYLE B. FONVILLE State Bar No. 24087530 Email: [email protected] ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS, JAMES T. DREILING and SILVEROAK LAND COMPANY, L.P.

JAMES T. DREILING By: /s/ James T. Dreiling JAMES T. DREILING, Appellant SILVEROAK LAND COMPANY, L.P. By: /s/ James T. Dreiling JAMES T. DREILING, as authorized representative of Appellant Silveroak Land Company, L.P.

DESIGNATION OF LEAD COUNSEL Page 2 8478.54002/397502 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served on counsel of record on February 2, 2015 in the matter indicated below: Via ECF Patrick M. Dooley, Esq.

516 West Main St. Fredericksburg, Texas 78624 Email: [email protected]

By: /s/ Daniel L. Bates DANIEL L. BATES

DESIGNATION OF LEAD COUNSEL Page 3 8478.54002/397502