No. 03-14-0 0485

- CV

IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN

, TEXAS

JOHN REED, JR. , Appellant

v.

FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP , Appellee

On Appeal from Cause No. 259,941 -C
In the 169 th District Court of Be ll County, Texas

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF LEAD APPELLATE COUNSEL FOR APPELL EE FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP

Levon G. Hovnatanian State Bar No. 10059825 hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com Christopher W. Martin State Bar No. 13057620 martin@mdjwlaw.com Kevin G. Cain State Bar No. 24012371 cain@mdjwlaw.com
M ARTIN
, D ISIERE
, J EFFERSON & W ISDOM
, L.L.P. 808 Travis, 20th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 632

- 1700
– Telephone (713) 222

- 0101
– Fa csimile

Michael J. Watson State Bar No. 24008246 watson@mdjwlaw.com
M ARTIN
, D ISIERE
, J EFFERSON & W ISDOM
, L.L.P. 16000 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 800 Dallas, Texas 75248 (214) 420

- 5500
– Telephone (214) 420

- 5501
– Facsimile ACCEPTED 03-14-00485-CV 4400284 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 3/6/2015 12:44:45 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK1 TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Come s now the appell ee

— Farmers Insurance Group

— and file s this Notice

of Appearance and Designation of Lead Appell ate Counsel. The a ppell ee hereby

designate s the following individual as its lead appellate counsel:

Levon G. Hovnatanian hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com State Bar No. 10050925
M ARTIN
, D ISIERE
, J EFFERSON & W ISDOM
, L.L.P. 808 Travis, 20th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 632

- 1700

— Telephone (713) 222

- 0101

— Facsimile

Christopher W. Martin, Kevin G. Cain, and Michael Wat s on , whose S tate

B ar number s and contact information appear in the signature block s below, also

represent the a ppell ee in this appeal.

In conclusion, Farmers Insurance Group respectfully ask s the Court to

accept this Notice of Appearance and Designation of Lead Appellate Counsel and

consider Mr. Hovnatanian as its lead appellate counsel.2 Respectfully submitted,

M ARTIN
, D ISIERE
, J EFFERSON & W ISDOM
, L.L.P.

By: /s/ Levon G. Hovnatanian Levon G. Hovnatanian State Bar No. 10059825 hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com

By: /s/ Christopher W. Martin Christopher W. Martin State Bar No

. 13057620 martin@mdjwlaw.com

By: /s/ Kevin G. Cain Kevin G. Cain State Bar No. 24012371
cain @mdjwlaw.com

808 Travis, 20th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 632

- 1700

– Telephone (713) 222

- 0101

– Facsimile

By: /s/ Michael J. Watson Michael J. Watson State Bar No. 24008246 watson@mdjwlaw.com

16000 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 800 Dallas, Texas 75248 ( 214 ) 420

- 5000

– Telephone ( 214 ) 420

- 5501

– Facsimile

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELL EE FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP3 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

This is to certify that this computer

- generated notice of appearance and designation of lead appell ant counsel for appell ee Farmers Insurance Group contains 123 words.

/s/ Levon G. Hovnatanian Levon G. Hovnatanian Dated: March 6, 2015

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Notice of Appearance and Designation of Lead Appell ee Counsel has been served to the individuals listed below

, by the method indicated

, on this 6th day of March 201 5 :

John Reed, Jr., pro se 715 S. 32 nd Street Temple, Texas 76501 ( v ia CM

- RRR 7014 1200 0000 7830 1242)

/

s/ Levon G. Hovnatanian Levon G. Hovnatanian