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*0 FILED IN 5th COURT OF APPEALS DALLAS, TEXAS 6/24/2015 3:46:01 PM LISA MATZ Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 05-15-00029-CV FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS DALLAS, TEXAS 6/24/2015 3:46:01 PM LISA MATZ CLERK NO. 05-15-00029-CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT DALLAS J.A. G REEN D EVELOPMENT C ORP .; JAGI, I NC .; AND JAGI ERDE LLC,
Appellants, v.
G RANT T HORNTON , LLP, J AMIE B. F OWLER ; AND A KIN G UMP S TRAUSS H AUER & F ELD LLP, Appellees.
On Appeal from the 14th District Court of Dallas County, Texas
Cause No. DC-14-00312 F IME TO A PPELLANTS David R. Deary State Bar No. 04715800 Texas Bar No. 05624900
A LEXANDER D UBOSE EFFERSON & W. Ralph Canada, Jr. OWNSEND LLP Texas Bar No. 03733800
4925 Greenville Avenue, Suite 510 Wilson E. Wray
Dallas, Texas 75206-4026 Texas Bar No. 00797700
Telephone: (214) 369-2358 K. Adam Rothey
Telecopier: (214) 369-2359 Texas Bar No. 24051274
lconway@adjtlaw.com OEWINSOHN LEGLE D EARY
12377 Merit Drive, Suite 900 Telephone: (214) 572-1700 Telecopier: (214) 571-1717 dearyd@LFDlaw.com ralphc@LFDlaw.com wilsonw@LFDlaw.com adamr@LFDlaw.com OUNSEL FOR *2 TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:
Appellants J.A. Green Development Corp., JAGI, Inc. and JAGI Verde LLC
(“Appellants”) file this first motion for extension of time to file their Reply Brief of
Appellants.
1. The present deadline for Appellants’ Reply Brief is July 2, 2015.
2. Appellants seek an extension of 14 days until July 16, 2015, in which
to file their Reply Brief.
3. This is Appellants’ first request for an extension of time for this brief.
4. This motion is unopposed.
5. Appellants request an extension because counsel have a number of
other matters that have interfered with their ability to prepare this brief by the current
due date, as follows:
Loewinsohn Flegle Deary, LLP
• preparation of opening brief due July 8 on behalf of Appellants in Alan
J. Kaufman, et al. v. Gramercy Advisors, LLC, et al. , No. 15-0106,
Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District;
• response due July 10 to Gramercy’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’
Petition for Relief from Judgment in Alan J. Kaufman, et al. v. BDO
Seidman, L.L.P., et al. , Cause No. 12 L 13292, in the Circuit Court of
Cook County, Illinois; and
• opening brief due July 13 on behalf of Appellants in Gramercy Advisors
LLC, et al. v. J.A. Green Development Corp., et al. , Index No.
650166/14, In the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division – First
Department.
Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP
• preparation of brief of appellant, due June 26, 2015, [1] in Kartsotis v.
Bloch, et al., in the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at
Dallas; No. 05-14-01294-CV; and
• preparation of reply brief on the merits, due July 8, 2015, in Apache
Deepwater, LLC v. McDaniel Partners, Ltd. , in the Supreme Court of
Texas, No. 14-0546.
6. This motion is not filed for the purpose of delay, but to allow counsel
adequate time to prepare the Reply Brief of Appellants in a way that will assist the
Court in reaching a decision.
For these reasons, Appellants J.A. Green Development Corp., JAGI, Inc. and
JAGI Verde LLC respectfully request that the deadline for filing their Reply Brief
of Appellants be extended until Thursday, July 16, 2015.
*4 Respectfully submitted, /s/ LaDawn H. Conway David R. Deary Texas Bar No. 05624900 W. Ralph Canada, Jr. Texas Bar No. 03733800 Wilson E. Wray Texas Bar No. 00797700 K. Adam Rothey Texas Bar No. 24051274 OEWINSOHN F LEGLE D EARY 12377 Merit Drive, Suite 900 Telephone: (214) 572-1700 Telecopier: (214) 571-1717 dearyd@LFDlaw.com ralphc@LFDlaw.com wilsonw@LFDlaw.com adamr@LFDlaw.com State Bar No. 04715800 A LEXANDER D UBOSE EFFERSON & OWNSEND LLP 4925 Greenville Avenue, Suite 510 Dallas, Texas 75206-4026 Telephone: (214) 369-2358 Telecopier: (214) 369-2359 lconway@adjtlaw.com A TTORNEYS FOR A PPELLANTS J.A. G REEN D EVELOPMENT ORP .; JAGI, I NC .; AND JAGI ERDE LLC *5 C ERTIFICATE OF C ONFERENCE On June 19, 2015, the undersigned conferred with counsel for Appellees, and
they stated that their clients do not oppose the relief requested in this motion.
/s/ LaDawn H. Conway LaDawn H. Conway C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE On June 24, 2015, I electronically filed this Motion for Extension of Time to
File Reply Brief of Appellants with the Clerk of the Court using the
eFile.TXCourts.gov electronic filing system which will send notification of such
filing to the following.
James M. Welch John T. Cox, III
Joel E. Geary David S. Coale INCENT OPEZ S ERAFINO ENEVEIN , P.C. L YNN ILLOTSON P INKER & OX ,
1601 Elm Street, Suite 4100 2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 2700 Dallas, Texas 75201
jwelch@vilolaw.com tcox@lynnllp.com
jgeary@vilolaw.com dcoale@lynnllp.com
Of Counsel: Counsel for Appellee Akin Gump Kevin M. Dinan Straus Hauer & Feld, LLP
Timothy J. Sullivan
K ING & S PALDING LLP
1700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 72006-4747
kdinan@kslaw.com
tjsullivan@kslaw.com
Counsel for Appellees Grant
Thornton, LLP and Jamie B. Fowler
/s/ LaDawn H. Conway
[1] Counsel has moved for a 5-day extension, to July 1, 2015, in this appeal.