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*0 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/17/2015 5:45:28 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk NO. 03-14-00197-CV THIRD COURT OF APPEALS 4/17/2015 5:45:28 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE AUSTIN, TEXAS 03-14-00197-CV *1 ACCEPTED [4942599] CLERK _____________________________________________ IN THE COURT OF APPEALS THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN ________________________________________________ GRAPHIC PACKAGING, INC., Appellant
v.
GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS; AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellees.
F ROM THE D ISTRICT C OURT OF T RAVIS C OUNTY , 353 RD J UDICIAL D ISTRICT , C AUSE N O . D-1-GN-12-003038, T HE H ONORABLE D ARLENE B YRNE P RESIDING
MOTION OF NON-RESIDENT ATTORNEY, EDWIN P. ANTOLIN,
FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE James F. Martens Amy L. Silverstein
jmartens@textaxlaw.com asilverstein@sptaxlaw.com Texas Bar No. 13050720 California Bar No. 154221
Amanda G. Taylor Edwin P. Antolin
ataylor@textaxlaw.com eantolin@sptaxlaw.com
Texas Bar No. 24045921 California Bar No. 172599
Lacy L. Leonard S ILVERSTEIN & P OMERANTZ LLP 12 Gough Street, Second Floor
lleonard@textaxlaw.com
San Francisco, California 94103 Texas Bar No. 24040561 Tele: (415) 593-3502
Danielle Ahlrich Fax: (415) 593-3501
dahlrich@textaxlaw.com
Texas Bar No. 24059215 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT
M ARTENS , T ODD , L EONARD , T AYLOR & GRAPHIC PACKAGING, INC.
A HLRICH
301 Congress Avenue, Suite 1950
Austin, Texas 78701
Tele: (512) 542-9898
Fax: (512) 542-9899
TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:
Edwin Antolin (“Applicant”) files this Motion of Non-Resident Attorney for
Admission Pro Hac Vice to appear on behalf of Graphic Packaging Corporation
(“Graphic Packaging”), and states as follows:
1. Applicant seeks permission to appear Pro Hac Vice as counsel for
Graphic Packaging in the above-titled and numbered cause of action.
2. Applicant is an attorney with the law firm of Silverstein & Pomerantz,
LLP, 12 Gough Street, 2 nd Floor, San Francisco, California 94103, telephone (415)
593-3505, facsimile (415) 593-3501.
3. Applicant will be associated in this proceeding with James F. Martens,
a resident attorney whose State Bar Number is 13050720. Mr. Martens is a
licensed attorney who practices with the law firm of Martens, Todd, Leonard,
Taylor & Ahlrich, 301 Congress Avenue, Suite 1950, Austin, Texas 78701,
telephone (512) 542-9898, facsimile (512) 542-9899.
4. Applicant has not appeared or sought leave to appear in the Texas
courts before.
5. Applicant is an active member in good standing with the State of
California (California State Bar Number 172599). Applicant is also admitted to
practice before the United States Supreme Court and the United States Tax Court.
6. Pursuant to Tex. R. Govern. Bar Adm’n. XIX(a), Applicant has filed
an Application for Admission Pro Hac Vice with the Texas Board of Law
Examiners and paid the $250.00 filing fee. The Texas Board of Law Examiners’
letter acknowledging the application is attached as Exhibit A.
7. Applicant has not been the subject of disciplinary actions by the bar or
the courts of any jurisdiction in which he is licensed in the past five years.
Applicant has not been denied admission to the courts of any state or to any federal
court during the past five years.
8. Applicant attests that he is familiar with the State Bar Act, the State
Bar Rules, the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct governing the
conduct of members of the State Bar of Texas and the Travis County Local Rules.
Applicant attests that he will at all times abide by and comply with the same, so
long as this lawsuit is pending and he has not withdrawn as counsel in the
proceeding.
WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that the Court grant
Applicant’s Motion, and enter an order allowing him to participate as one of the
attorneys for Graphic Packaging, in the above-titled and numbered cause of action.
Dated: April 17, 2015
Respectfully submitted, SILVERSTEIN& POMERANTZ, LLP 12 Gough Street, 2 nd Floor San Francisco, California 94103 (415) 593-3505 (415) 593-3501 (Facsimile) By: /s/ Edwin P. Antolin Edwin P. Antolin California State Bar No. 172599 Eantolin@sptaxlaw.com ATTORNEYS FOR GRAPHIC PACKAGING CORPORATION CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE As required by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.1(a)(5), I certify that
counsel for Appellant has conferred with counsel for Appellee, Mr. Rance Craft,
about the merits of this Motion on April 17, 2015. Mr. Craft does not oppose this
Motion.
/s/ Edwin P. Antolin Edwin P. Antolin *5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion of Non-
Resident Attorney, Edwin P. Antolin, for Admission Pro Hac Vice has been
electronically filed and served on all counsel below on April 17, 2015.
Rance Craft
Assistant Solicitor General
O FFICE OF THE A TTORNEY G ENERAL
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
(512) 936-2872
(512) 474-2697 [fax]
rance.craft@texasattorneygeneral.gov
Cynthia A. Morales
Assistant Attorney General
O FFICE OF THE A TTORNEY G ENERAL ,
F INANCIAL AND T AX L ITIGATION D IVISION ,
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-8897
(512) 477-2348 [fax]
cynthia.morales@texasattorneygeneral.gov
/s/ Edwin P. Antolin Edwin P. Antolin *6 Exhibit A