In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth No. 02-18-00112-CV DAVID A. SKEELS, Appellant § On Appeal from the 236th District Court V. § of Tarrant County (236-284262-16) JONATHAN T. SUDER, MICHAEL T. § September 24, 2020 COOKE, AND FRIEDMAN, SUDER & COOKE, P.C., Appellees § Opinion by Justice Birdwell JUDGMENT This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that there was error in the trial court’s judgment. We reverse the trial court’s judgment in its entirety.

We render a declaratory judgment that the attempted redemption of David A.

Skeels’s shares in Friedman, Suder & Cooke, P.C. was not authorized by the Texas Business Organizations Code and is therefore of no effect. We remand the remainder of Skeels’s claims to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

We further order that Friedman, Suder & Cooke, P.C. shall pay 75% of the costs of this appeal and Jonathan T. Suder and Michael T. Cooke shall jointly and severally pay 25% of the costs of this appeal, for which let execution issue.

SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS

By /s/ Wade Birdwell Justice J. Wade Birdwell