ACCEPTED 01-15-00617-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 9/28/2015 5:36:43 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

No. 01-15-00617-CV __________________________________________ FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS AT HOUSTON, TEXAS 9/28/2015 5:36:43 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE _______________________________________ Clerk BOB DEUELL, Appellant, v. TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE, INC., Appellee. _____________________________________________________ On Interlocutory Appeal from the 152nd District Court, Harris County, Texas __________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS APPELLATE COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE _______________________________________________________________ TO THE HONORABLE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS: Notice is hereby given that Nicholas D. Stepp, with Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., is entering his appearance as appellate counsel for Appellee in the above-referenced cause. Counsel requests that the Court and all counsel serve the undersigned with copies of all future papers and notices in this cause at the e-mail address and physical address provided below.

Respectfully submitted, BEIRNE, MAYNARD & PARSONS, L.L.P. By: /s/ Nicholas D. Stepp N. Terry Adams, Jr. Texas Bar No. 00874010 [email protected] Joseph M. Nixon Texas Bar No. 15244800 [email protected] Nicholas D. Stepp Texas Bar No. 24077701 [email protected] 1300 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 2500 Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 623-0887 (Tel) (713) 960-1527 (Fax) James E. “Trey” Trainor Texas Bar No. 24042052 [email protected] W. 15th Street, Suite 845 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 623-6700 Fax: 623-6701 Counsel for Appellee

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have complied with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Local Rules of this Court and that the foregoing Notice of Appearance as Appellate Counsel for Appellee has been electronically filed and served on all counsel of record in accordance with these Rules on this the 28th day of September, 2015.

George E. Hyde Scott M. Tschirhart Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal Hyde & Zech, P.C.

2500 W. William Cannon Drive, Suite 609 Austin, Texas 78745 [email protected] /s/ Nicholas D. Stepp Nicholas D. Stepp

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