ACCEPTED 14-14-00097-CV FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/21/2015 3:56:19 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK No. 14-14-00097-CV IN THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS APPEALS AT HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/21/2015 3:56:19 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk VICKI WARD, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, V. LAMAR UNIVERSITY, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND JAMES SIMMONS, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES.

On Appeal from Cause No. E194323, in the 172nd District Court of Jefferson County, Texas

APPELLEES’ NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL

KEN PAXTON ESTEBAN S.M. SOTO Attorney General of Texas Attorney-in-Charge Texas Bar No: 24052284 CHARLES E. ROY Assistant Attorney General First Assistant Attorney General General Litigation Division P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station JAMES E. DAVIS Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Deputy Attorney General for Defense Telephone: (512) 463-2120 Litigation Facsimile: (512) 320-0667 [email protected] ANGELA V. COLMENERO Division Chief - General Litigation ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES AUGUST 21, 2015 Page 1 TO THE HONORABLE COURT: Appellees, Lamar University, Texas State University System, and James Simmons, file this Notice of Substitution of Counsel. Appellees hereby notify the Court that Assistant Attorney General Esteban Soto should now be designated as lead counsel for the Appellees in this case.

Eric Vinson, former Assistant Attorney General and counsel, has taken a position outside the Office of the Attorney General, and should be removed from all further notifications regarding this case.

Wherefore, Appellees request that the Court enter Mr. Soto as counsel of record for Appellees, Lamar University, Texas State University System, and James Simmons.

Page 2 Respectfully submitted, KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas CHARLES E. ROY First Assistant Attorney General JAMES E. DAVIS Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation ANGELA COLMENERO Chief, General Litigation Division /s/ Esteban Soto ESTEBAN SOTO Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 240052284 Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 463-2120 (512) 320-0667 (FAX) [email protected] ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES

Page 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been served by electronic service and electronic mail, this 21st day of August, 2015, to: Iain G. Simpson Simpson, P.C.

1333 Heights Boulevard Houston, Texas 77008 [Tel.] (281) 989-0742 [Fax] (281) 596-6960 [email protected] Larry Watts Watts & Associates P.O. Box 2214 Missouri City, Texas, 77459 [Tel.] (281) 431-1500 [Fax] (877) 797-4055 [email protected]

/s/ Esteban Soto ESTEBAN SOTO Assistant Attorney General

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