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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

DALLAS DIVISION

In re:

Highland Capital Management, L.P., 

Debtor.

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Bankr. Case No. 19-34054-sgj-11 

Highland Capital Management Fund 

Advisors, L.P., now known as NexPoint 

Asset Management, L.P., and NexPoint 

Advisors, L.P.,

 Appellants, 

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Highland Capital Management, L.P., 

Appellee. 

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Civil Act. No. 3:22-cv-02170-S 

NOTICE OF APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES 

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

NexPoint Advisors, L.P. and Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors, L.P. (now 

known as NexPoint Asset Management, L.P.), as movants in the Bankruptcy Court and appellants 

in the District Court (the “Appellants”), hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for 

the Fifth Circuit from the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of Texas, entered in this case on February 28, 2024 at Dkt. No. 35 (the 

“Judgment”), which affirmed the decision of the Bankruptcy Court from which the Appellants 

originally appealed.

The parties to the Judgment appealed from and the names and addresses of their respective 

attorneys are as follows:

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NexPoint Advisors, L.P., and

Highland Capital Management 

Fund Advisors, L.P.

Highland Capital Management, L.P.

Davor Rukavina

Julian P. Vasek

MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR P.C. 

500 N. Akard St., Ste. 4000 

Dallas, TX 75201 

John A. Morris

Gregory V. Demo

Jeffrey N. Pomerantz

Hayley R. Winograd 

PACHULSKI STANG SIEHL & JONES, LLP

780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor 

New York, NY 10017 

Zachery Z. Annable 

Melissa S. Hayward

HAYWARD PLLC

10501 N Central Expressway, Suite 106 

Dallas, TX 75231

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 27th day of March, 2024. 

MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR P.C.

/s/ Davor Rukavina

Davor Rukavina 

Texas Bar No. 24030781 

Julian P. Vasek

Texas Bar No. 24070790 

500 N. Akard St., Ste. 4000 

Dallas, TX 75201 

214-855-7500 

drukavina@munsch.com

jvasek@munsch.com 

COUNSEL FOR THE APPELLANTS

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that, on March 27, 2024, I caused true and correct copies of this document 

to be served on the following recipients via the Court’s CM/ECF system:

Davor Rukavina drukavina@munsch.com

Melissa S Hayward mhayward@haywardfirm.com, mholmes@haywardfirm.com

Zachery Z Annable zannable@haywardfirm.com, zannable@franklinhayward.com

Julian Preston Vasek jvasek@munsch.com

Thomas D. Berghman tberghman@munsch.com, CourtMail@munsch.com, 

hvalentine@munsch.com

John A Morris jmorris@pszjlaw.com, hwinograd@pszjlaw.com, lsc@pszjlaw.com

Jeffrey N Pomerantz jpomerantz@pszjlaw.com

Gregory V Demo gdemo@pszjlaw.com, hwinograd@pszjlaw.com, 

jfried@pszjlaw.com, lsc@pszjlaw.com

Case Admin Sup txnb_appeals@txnb.uscourts.gov

Stacey G Jernigan sgj_settings@txnb.uscourts.gov, anna_saucier@txnb.uscourts.gov

/s/ Davor Rukavina 

Davor Rukavina, Esq. 

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