1 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.

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 A TTORNEY, 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 M ARTENS , T ODD , L EONARD , T AYLOR & A HLRICH 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 S ILVERSTEIN & P OMERANTZ 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

CLERK2 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 Gr aphic 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-title d and numbered cause of action.

2. Applicant is an attorney with th e law firm of Silverstein & Pomerantz,

LLP, 12 Gough Street, 2 nd Floor, San Francisco, Califor nia 94103, telephone (415)

593-3505, facsimile (415) 593-3501.

3. Applicant will be associated in th is proceeding with James F. Martens,

a resident attorney whose State Bar Number is 13050720. Mr. Martens is a

licensed attorney who practi ces with the law firm of Martens, Todd, Leonard,

Taylor & Ahlrich, 301 Congress Ave nue, Suite 1950, Austin, Texas 78701,

telephone (512) 542-9898, f acsimile (512) 542-9899.

4. Applicant has not appeared or s ought 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 1725 99). Applicant is also admitted to

practice before the United States Supreme Court and the United States Tax Court.3 6. Pursuant to Tex. R. Govern. Ba r 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 th e courts of any state or to any federal

court during the past five years.

8. Applicant attests that he is fami liar with the State Bar Act, the State

Bar Rules, the Texas Disciplinary Rule s of Professional Conduct governing the

conduct of members of the State Bar of Te xas and the Travis County Local Rules.

Applicant attests that he will at all time s 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 a llowing him to participate as one of the

attorneys for Graphic Packag ing, in the above-titled and numbered cause of action.4

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. Antolin5 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

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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 IN ANCIAL 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

# Exhibit A