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*0 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/6/2015 11:34:21 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 01-14-00687-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/6/2015 11:34:21 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK Cause No. 01-14-00687-CV ___________________________________ I N THE C OURT OF A PPEALS FOR THE F IRST D ISTRICT OF T EXAS H OUSTON , T EXAS ___________________________________ T HE B ETTER B USINESS B UREAU OF M ETROPOLITAN H OUSTON , I NC .,
T HE B ETTER B USINESS B UREAU OF M ETROPOLITAN H OUSTON E DUCATION
F OUNDATION , D AN P ARSONS , C HRIS C HURCH , C HURCH E NTERPRISES , I NC .,
G ARY M ILLESON , R ONALD N. M C M ILLAN , D’A RTAGNAN B EBEL , M ARK
G OLDIE , C HARLIE H OLLIS , AND S TEVEN L UFBURROW ,
Appellants, v.
J OHN M OORE S ERVICES , I NC . AND J OHN M OORE R ENOVATION , LLC,
Appellees.
Appeal from the 269th District Court of Harris County, Texas
Cause No. 2013-76215
J OHNSON , T RENT , W EST & T AYLOR , LLP’ S U NOPPOSED M OTION TO W ITHDRAW COMES NOW Johnson, Trent, West & Taylor, LLP, Douglas Pritchett, Jr.,
and Tamara M. Madden (“Movants”), Counsel for Appellees John Moore Services,
Inc. and John Moore Renovation, LLC, and file this Unopposed Motion to
Withdraw pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.5 and in support
thereof would respectfully show as follows:
1. Seeking to consolidate its outside legal counsel, Appellants have
requested that Movants terminate their relationship and withdraw from this
representation.
2. The following deadlines exist:
August 31, 2015 Deadline to conduct mediation.
September 2, 2015 Deadline to file Appointment and Fee
Report-Mediation 3. John Moore Services, Inc. and John Moore Renovation, LLC will
continue to be represented by
Lori Ann Hood
Baker Donelson, PC
1301 McKinney Street, Suite 3700
Houston, Texas 77010
(713) 286-7182
lhood@bakerdonelson.com
4. Ms. Hood, as Appellees’ representative was notified of this motion
and was given an opportunity to object.
5. This motion is unopposed.
PRAYER Movants ask this Court to grant this motion to withdraw.
Respectfully submitted, /s/ Douglas Pritchett, Jr. Douglas Pritchett, Jr. State Bar No. 24007877 dpritchett@johnsontrent.com Tamara Madden State Bar No. 00783720 tmadden@johnsontrent.com J OHNSON , T RENT , W EST & T AYLOR , L.L.P. 919 Milam Street, Suite 1700 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 222-2323 (Telephone) (713) 222-2226 (Facsimile) ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS *4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE On the 4th day of August 2015, the below-signed counsel contacted Jeffrey
Elkin, counsel for Appellee, and Lori Hood, counsel for Appellants, and was
informed that neither party opposes the relief requested in this motion.
/s/ Douglas Pritchett, Jr. Douglas Pritchett, Jr. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE On this the 6th day of August 2015, the foregoing Unopposed Motion for
Extension of Time was served on the following persons in the manner indicated:
Lauren B. Harris Via Electronic Service
Jeffrey R. Elkin
M. Harris Stamey
Porter Hedges LLP
1000 Main Street, 36th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
Attorneys for Appellee
Lori Hood Via Electronic Service
Baker Donelson, PC
1301 McKinney Street, Suite 3700
Houston, Texas 77010
Attorney for Appellant
Don Valentine Via U.S. Mail, First Class, Certified
John Moore Services, Inc.
John Moore Renovation, LLC
10005 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. N., Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77084
Representative for Appellants
/s/ Douglas Pritchett, Jr. Douglas Pritchett, Jr.