ACCEPTED 03-16-00718-CV 13658701 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/8/2016 8:14:46 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-16-00718-CV FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT OF 11/8/2016 8:14:46 AM TEXAS AT AUSTIN JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk

IN RE VOLKSWAGEN CLEAN DIESEL LITIGATION: TCAA ENFORCEMENT CASE On Petition for Permissive Interlocutory Appeal from MDL No. 15-0844, pending in the 353rd Judicial District Court Travis County, Texas

DALLAS COUNTY'S NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL AND DESIGNATION OF LEAD COUNSEL ON APPEAL TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 6, Appellee Dallas County files this Notice of Appearance of Counsel and Designation of Lead Counsel on Appeal as follows: 1. Appellee designates the following attorneys as counsel on appeal: Andrew B. Sommerman Texas Bar No. 18842150 andrew@textrial .com George A. 'Tex ' Quesada, Jr. Texas Bar No . 16427750 g [email protected] Jody Leigh Rodenberg Texas Bar No. 24073133 [email protected] SPECIAL COUNSEL

Sommerman, McCaffity & Quesada LLP 3811 Turtle Creek Blvd Ste. 1400 Dallas, TX 75219-4492 Telephone: (214) 720-0720 Telecopier: (214) 720-0184 Russell Roden Assistant District Attorney Texas Bar No. 17132070 Russell .Roden @dal lascounty .org Frank Waite Assistant District Attorney Texas Bar No. 20667300 Frank.Waite @dallascounty.org Dallas County District Attorney's Office Administration Building, 51h Floor Elm Street, Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75202-3384 (214) 653-7358 (214) 653-6134 (facsimile) Anthony F. Constant Texas Bar No. 04711000 Constant Law Firm N. Shoreline Blvd., Ste. 2700 South Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Telephone: (361) 698-8000 Telecopier: (361) 887-8010 office@constantlawfirm .com

2. LEAD COUNSEL designation. Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 6.1, Appellee hereby designates Andrew B. Sommerman andrew @textrial.com and Anthony F. Constant office@constantlawfirm .com as LEAD COUNSEL on appeal.

3. Appellee respectfully requests that the Court and other counsel in this case note this designation and send all further correspondence, orders, or other communications to Andrew B.

Sommerman and Anthony F. Constant.

Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Andrew B. Sommerman Andrew B. Sommerman Texas Bar No. 18842150 andrew @textrial .com Sommerman , McCaffity & Quesada LLP 3811 Turtle Creek Blvd Ste. 1400 Dallas, TX 75219-4492 Telephone: (214) 720-0720 Telecopier: (214) 720-0184 ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE DALLAS COUNTY

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on November 81h a copy of the foregoing Notice was served upon all counsel of record registered with the Electronic Filing Service for this matter in compliance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure .

/s/ Anthony F. Constant Anthony F. Constant office @constantlawfirm .com