*0 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/2/2015 10:47:14 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 01-14-00257-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/2/2015 10:47:14 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK No. 01-14-00257-CV

I N T HE

COURT OF APPEALS

FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS JAMES T. DREILING and SILVEROAK

LAND COMPANY, L.P.,

Appellants,

v.

SECURITY STATE BANK & TRUST,

Appellee . From the County Court at Law of Kendall County, Texas,

Cause No. 12-473CCL, the Honorable Bill Palmer Presiding APPELLANTS’ DESIGNATION OF LEAD COUNSEL

D ECKER J ONES , P.C.

801 Cherry Street, Unit 46

817-336-2400 (telephone)

817-336-2181(facsimile)

State Bar No. 01899900

STEPHEN L. POLOZOLA

State Bar No. 24027625

KYLE B. FONVILLE

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS *2 TO THE HONORABLE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellants, JAMES T. DREILING and SILVEROAK LAND COMPANY,

L.P., hereby submit this Designation of Lead Counsel and would respectfully show

as follows:

Appellants designate the following as lead counsel and request that the Court

and all attorneys of record direct all further notices, motions, briefs,

correspondence, and papers as follows:

Daniel L. Bates ( Lead appellate counsel)

Decker Jones, P.C.

801 Cherry Street, Unit #46

(817) 336-2400 (telephone)

(817) 336-2181 (facsimile)

Email: dbates@deckerjones.com

*3 Respectfully submitted,

D ECKER J ONES , P . C .

801 Cherry Street, Unit 46

817-336-2400 (telephone)

817-336-2181 (facsimile)

By: /s/ Daniel L. Bates

State Bar No. 01899900 Email: dbates@deckerjones.com STEPHEN L. POLOZOLA State Bar No. 24027625 Email: spolozola@deckerjones.com KYLE B. FONVILLE Email: kfonville@deckerjones.com ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS,

JAMES T. DREILING and SILVEROAK

LAND COMPANY, L.P.

J AMES T. D REILING

By: /s/ James T. Dreiling

JAMES T. DREILING, Appellant S ILVEROAK L AND C OMPANY , L.P.

By: /s/ James T. Dreiling

JAMES T. DREILING, as authorized representative of Appellant Silveroak Land Company, L.P.

*4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the

foregoing instrument was served on counsel of record on February 2, 2015 in the

matter indicated below:

Via ECF

Patrick M. Dooley, Esq.

516 West Main St.

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

Email: dooleym@austin.rr.com

By: /s/ Daniel L. Bates