ACCEPTED 01-15-00300-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 5/19/2015 5:07:14 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK NO. 01-15-00300-CV __________________________________________________________ FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT HOUSTON, TEXAS OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON 5/19/2015 5:07:14 PM __________________________________________________________ CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk SUMMIT INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION L.L.C., Appellant, v. UTICA EAST OHIO MIDSTREAM L.L.C., Appellee. __________________________________________________ On Appeal from Cause No. 2015-03174 In the 190th District Court of Harris County, Texas __________________________________________________ UTICA’S NOTICE OF DESIGNATION OF LEAD APPELLATE COUNSEL __________________________________________________ TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: Appellee Utica East Ohio Midstream L.L.C. (“Utica”) hereby respectfully gives notice that its lead counsel on appeal is Nicholas D.

Stepp, of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. TEX. R. APP. P. 6.1(c). Mr. Stepp’s name, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and State Bar of Texas identification number are listed below.

Nicholas D. Stepp State Bar No. 24077701 Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. 1300 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 2500 Houston, Texas 77056 Telephone: (713) 623-0887 Facsimile: (713) 960-1527 E-mail: [email protected]

Respectfully submitted, BEIRNE, MAYNARD & PARSONS, L.L.P. /s/ Nicholas D. Stepp /s/ Scott D. Marrs Nicholas D. Stepp Scott D. Marrs State Bar No. 24077701 State Bar No. 13013400 1300 Post Oak Boulevard [email protected] Suite 2500 Andrew B. McGill Houston, TX 77056 State Bar No. 24051026 Tel: (713) 623-0887 [email protected] Facsimile: (713) 960-1527 Scott R. Davis E-mail: [email protected] State Bar No. 24059660 [email protected] Appellate Counsel for Appellee 1300 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 2500 Houston, Texas 77056 Telephone: (713) 623-0887 Facsimile: (713) 960-1527 Trial Counsel for Appellee

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been sent via e-filing or facsimile to the following parties on May 19, 2015: R. Carson Fisk FORD NASSEN BALDWIN, PC Congress Ave., Suite 1010 Austin, Texas 78701 [email protected]

/s/ Nicholas D. Stepp Nicholas D. Stepp

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