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CASE NO. C2013-1082B MONIQUE RATHBUN, § IN THE DISTRICT COURT § Plaintiff § V. § § DAVID MISCAVIGE, RELIGIOUS § 207
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JUDICIAL DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY CENTER, CHURCH OF § SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, § STEEN GREGORY SLOAT, AND § MONTY DRAKE § § COMAL COUNTY, TEXAS Defendants §
MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER AND DAVID MISCAVIGE
Defendants RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER and DAVID MISCAVIGE (“Defendants RTC and Miscavige”) file this motion for substitution of counsel. Counsel of record in charge for Defendants RTC and Miscavige has changed law firms, and Defendants RTC and Miscavige have requested that counsel of record continue to represent them in this matter. Consequently, Defendants RTC and Miscavige request that the law firm of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. be allowed to withdraw as counsel of record and that it be discharged. Defendants RTC and Miscavige request that the following firm and attorney be substituted in their place: Lamont A. Jefferson State Bar No. 10607800
JEFFERSON
CANO
112 East Pecan Street, Suite 1650 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Phone: (210) 988-1811 Fax: (210) 988-1811 LJefferson@jeffersoncano.com
Susan Collier
FILED
C2013-1082B
2/16/2016 4:51:33 PM
Heather N. Kellar
Comal County
District Clerk
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OTION FOR
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UBSTITUTION OF
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OUNSEL
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In accordance with Tex. R. Civ. P. 10, Defendants Religious Technology Center and David Miscavige state that it approves this substitution and that the substitution is not made for purposes of delay. Respectfully submitted,
J
EFFERSON
C
ANO
112 E. Pecan Street, Suite 1650 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Phone: (210) 988-1811 Fax: (210) 988-1811
/s/ Lamont A. Jefferson
Lamont A. Jefferson State Bar No. 10607800 LJefferson@jeffersoncano.com ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER AND DAVID MISCAVIGE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion for Substitution of Counsel has been served on the following counsel of record in accordance with the provisions of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, on this 16th day of February, 2016: Ray B. Jeffrey J
EFFREY
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AW
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2631 Bulverde Road, Suite 105 San Antonio, TX 78163 rjeffrey@sjmlawyers.com Marc F. Wiengand T
HE
W
IEGAND
L
AW
F
IRM
,
P.C. 434 N. Loop 1604 West, Suite 2201 San Antonio, Texas 78232 marc@wiegandlawfirm.com Elliott S. Cappuccio Leslie Sara Hyman P
ULMAN
C
APPUCCIO
P
ULLEN
& B
ENSON
LLP 2161 N.W. Military Hwy., Suite 400 San Antonio, Teas 78213 ecappuccio@pulmanlaw.com lhyman@pulmanlaw.com Ricardo G. Cedillo Les J. Strieber III D
AVIS
C
EDILLO
& M
ENDOZA
, I
NC
. McCombs Plaza, Suite 500 755 E. Mulberry Avenue San Antonio, Texas 78212 rcedillo@lawdcm.com
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OTION FOR
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UBSTITUTION OF
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OUNSEL
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Jonathan H. Hull Reagan Burrus 401 Main Plaza, Suite 200 New Braunfels, Texas 78130 jhull@reaganburris.com Thomas S. Leatherbury Marc A. Fuller V
INSON
&
E
LKINS
LLP 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700 Dallas, Texas 75201 tleatherbury@velaw.com mfuller@velaw.com Eric M. Lieberman R
ABINOWITZ
,
B
OUDIN
,
S
TANDARD
,
K
RINSKY
&
L
IEBERMAN
PC 45 Broadway, Suite 1700 New York, NY 10006 elieberman@rbskl.com Stephanie S. Bascon L
AW
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FFICE OF
S
TEPHANIE
S.
B
ASCON
PLLC 297 West San Antonio Street New Braunfels, TX 78130 sbascon@att.net Gary D. Sarles O. Paul Dunagan S
ARLES
&
O
UIMET
900 Jackson Street, Suite 370 Dallas, Texas 75202 gsarles@sarleslaw.com dunagan@sarleslaw.com Bert H. Deixler K
ENDALL
B
RILL
&
K
LIEGER
LLP 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1725 Los Angeles, CA 90067 bdeixler@kbfirm.com Douglas W. Alexander Wallace Jefferson A
LEXANDER
D
UBOSE
J
EFFERSON
&
T
OWNSEND
LLP 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350 Austin, TX 78701 dalexander@adjtlaw.com wjefferson@adjtlaw.com George H. Spencer, Jr. C
LEMENS
&
S
PENCER
112 E.Pecan St., Suite 1300 San Antonio, Texas 78205 spencer@clemens-spencer.com
/s/ Lamont A. Jefferson
Lamont A. Jefferson
