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NO. 03-14-00197-CV 

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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 

 THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

 AT AUSTIN 

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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. 

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 353RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT,

CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-12-003038, THE HONORABLE DARLENE BYRNE PRESIDING

 MOTION OF NON-RESIDENT ATTORNEY, EDWIN P. ANTOLIN, 

FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE 

James F. Martens 

jmartens@textaxlaw.com 

Texas Bar No. 13050720 

Amanda G. Taylor 

ataylor@textaxlaw.com 

Texas Bar No. 24045921 

Lacy L. Leonard 

lleonard@textaxlaw.com 

Texas Bar No. 24040561 

Danielle Ahlrich 

dahlrich@textaxlaw.com 

Texas Bar No. 24059215 

MARTENS, TODD, LEONARD, TAYLOR &

AHLRICH 

301 Congress Avenue, Suite 1950 

Austin, Texas 78701 

Tele: (512) 542-9898 

Fax: (512) 542-9899 

Amy L. Silverstein 

asilverstein@sptaxlaw.com 

California Bar No. 154221 

Edwin P. Antolin 

eantolin@sptaxlaw.com 

California Bar No. 172599 

SILVERSTEIN & POMERANTZ LLP 

12 Gough Street, Second Floor 

San Francisco, California 94103 

Tele: (415) 593-3502 

Fax: (415) 593-3501 

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT 

GRAPHIC PACKAGING, INC. 

ACCEPTED

03-14-00197-CV

4942599

THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

4/17/2015 5:45:28 PM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK

 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/17/2015 5:45:28 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk
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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, 2nd 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. 
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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. 
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Dated: April 17, 2015 

Respectfully submitted, 

SILVERSTEIN& POMERANTZ, LLP 

12 Gough Street, 2nd 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 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion of NonResident 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

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,

FINANCIAL AND TAX LITIGATION DIVISION,

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
Exhibit A