ACCEPTED 03-14-00713-CV 5685908 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/15/2015 6:01:05 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE No. 03-14-00713-CV CLERK

In the Court of Appeals FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS for the Third Judicial District AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/15/2015 6:01:05 PM Austin, Texas JEFFREY D. KYLE _____________ Clerk

GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas Appellants, v. CGG VERITAS SERVICES (U.S.), INC., Appellee. _____________ On Appeal from the 353rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas _____________ NOTICE OF DESIGNATION OF LEAD APPELLATE COUNSEL _____________ TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS: Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1(c), please note that Assistant Solicitor General Joseph D. Hughes is now lead appellate counsel for Appellants, Glenn Hegar and Ken Paxton. Mr. Hughes is substituting for Assistant Solicitor General April L. Farris, who is leaving the Attorney Gen- eral’s Office. Assistant Attorney General Autumn Hamit Patterson is also be- ing added as appellate counsel for Appellants. Please send all further commu- nications relating to this appeal to Joseph D. Hughes, Office of the Attorney General, Solicitor General’s Division, P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059), Austin,

1 Texas 78711-2548, (512) 936-1729 (telephone), (512) 474-2697 (facsimile), [email protected].

Respectfully submitted.

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas CHARLES E. ROY First Assistant Attorney General SCOTT A. KELLER Solicitor General

/s/ April L. Farris APRIL L. FARRIS Assistant Solicitor General State Bar No. 24069702 /s/ Joseph D. Hughes JOSEPH D. HUGHES Assistant Solicitor General State Bar No. 24007410 AUTUMN HAMIT PATTERSON Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24092947 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 936-1700 (512) 474-2697 [email protected] Counsel for Appellants C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE I certify that this document has been filed with the clerk of the court and served by File&Serve Xpress on June 15, 2015, upon: Amanda Taylor MARTENS TODD LEONARD & TAYLOR Congress Ave., Suite 1950 Austin, Texas 78701 [email protected] Tel: (512) 542-9898 Fax: (512) 542-9899 Lead Counsel for CGG Veritas Services (U.S.), Inc.

/s/ April L. Farris April L. Farris Counsel for Appellants