Josefina Alexander Gonzalez v. Raymond De Leon

ACCEPTED 04-14-00751-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 9/4/2015 9:14:25 AM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK No. 04-14-00751-CV FILED IN IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 4th COURT OF APPEALS FOURTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 09/4/2015 9:14:25 AM KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk JOSEFINA ALEXANDER GONZALEZ, ET AL, Appellants v. RAYMOND S. DE LEON II, ET AL, Appellees ___________________________________________________ APPELLANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING ________________________________________________________________________ Barry Snell Eduardo Romero State Bar No. 18789000 Texas State Bar No. 24056227 David C. “Clay” Snell Victor Villarreal State Bar No. 24011309 Texas State Bar No. 24058160 BAYNE, SNELL & KRAUSE VILLARREAL & ROMERO, PLLC 1250 NE Loop 410, Suite 725 201 W. Del Mar Blvd., Suite 15 San Antonio, Texas 78209 Laredo, Texas 78041 Tel: (210) 824-3278 Tel.: (956) 727-2402 Fax: (210) 824-3937 Fax: (956) 727-2404 Email: bsnell@bsklaw.com Email: romero@vrlawfirm.com Email: csnell@bsklaw.com Email: villarreal@vrlawfirm.com Jesus M. Dominguez Texas Bar No. 00798151 ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 201 W. Hillside Road, Ste. 17 Laredo, Texas 78041 Tel: (956) 728-1477 Fax: (956) 728-1491 Email: lawjmd@swbell.net ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS No. 04-14-00751-CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOURTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS JOSEFINA ALEXANDER GONZALEZ, ET AL, Appellants v. RAYMOND S. DE LEON II, ET AL, Appellees APPELLANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS: COME NOW, Appellants, Josefina Alexander Gonzalez, by and through her Co- Attorneys-in-Fact, Judith Zaffirini, David H. Arredondo, and Clarissa N. Chapa; Judith Zaffirini, David H. Arredondo, and Clarissa N. Chapa, as Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of Delfina E. Alexander, Deceased, and as Co-Trustees of the Rocio Gonzalez Guerra Exempt Trust; Alexander Residential Development, LP; Alexander Commercial Development, LP; Alexander Retail Development, LP; D&J Alexander Construction, LP; D&J Alexander Management, LP; Delfina E. and Josefina Alexander LLC-1; and Delfina and Josefina Alexander Family Limited Partnership, and file this Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to File Motion for Rehearing and in support show the Court as follows: I. INTRODUCTION 1. Appellants are Josefina Alexander Gonzalez, by and through her Co- Attorneys-in-Fact, Judith Zaffirini, David H. Arredondo, and Clarissa N. Chapa; Judith APPELLANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING PAGE 2 OF 5 Zaffirini, David H. Arredondo, and Clarissa N. Chapa, as Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of Delfina E. Alexander, Deceased, and as Co-Trustees of the Rocio Gonzalez Guerra Exempt Trust; Alexander Residential Development, LP; Alexander Commercial Development, LP; Alexander Retail Development, LP; D&J Alexander Construction, LP; D&J Alexander Management, LP; Delfina E. and Josefina Alexander LLC-1; and Delfina and Josefina Alexander Family Limited Partnership. Appellees are Raymond S. De Leon II, Successor Trustee of the Delfina and Josefina Alexander Family Trust, and Rocio Guerra, Individually and as Next Friend of V.G.G. III and M.A.G. II. ARGUMENTS & AUTHORITIES 2. This Honorable Appellate Court may extend the time for filing a Motion to Rehearing pursuant to Rule 10.5(b) and 49.8 of the TEXAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE. 3. The deadline to file the Motion for Rehearing is September 10, 2015. 4. Appellants request an additional 30 days to file their Motion for Rehearing, extending the time until October 10, 2015. 5. This is Appellants first request for an extension of time to file their Motion for Rehearing. This Court has not previously extended the time to file a Motion for Rehearing. 6. Appellants requests this extension as a result of Mr. Robinson C. Ramsey, Ms. Joyce W. Moore, and Ms. Paula C. Boston’s withdrawal as counsel of record and substitution of Mr. Barry Snell as lead attorney for Appellants. APPELLANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING PAGE 3 OF 5 7. Certificate of Conference. The undersigned has conferred via email with Ms. Judith Blakeway and Mr. Jeffrey T. Knebel, counsel for Appellee’s, and this motion is unopposed. III. PRAYER WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellants pray that this Honorable Appellate Court grant the Motion to Extend Time to the Motion for Rehearing as requested herein. Appellants further request for any and all further relief to which they may be entitled. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Barry Snell Barry Snell State Bar No. 18789000 David C. “Clay” Snell State Bar No. 24011309 Bayne, Snell & Krause 1250 NE Loop 410, Suite 725 San Antonio, Texas 78209 Tel: (210) 824-3278 Fax: (210) 824-3937 Email: bsnell@bsklaw.com Email: csnell@bsklaw.com Eduardo Romero Texas State Bar No. 24056227 Victor Villarreal Texas State Bar No. 24058160 VILLARREAL & ROMERO, PLLC 201 W. Del Mar Blvd., Suite 15 Laredo, Texas 78041 Tel.: (956) 727-2402 Fax: (956) 727-2404 Email: romero@vrlawfirm.com Email: villarreal@vrlawfirm.com APPELLANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING PAGE 4 OF 5 Jesus M. Dominguez Texas State Bar No. 00798151 Attorney at Law 201 W. Hillside Rd., Suite # 17 Laredo, Texas 78041 Tel: (956)728-1477 Fax: (956)728-1491 Email: lawjmd@swbell.net CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document has been served on September 5, 2015, to the following counsel of record: Judith R. Blakeway Email: Judith.blakeway@strasburger.com James Maverick McNeel Email: james.mcneel@strasburger.com Laura C. Mason Email: laura.mason@strasburger.com STRASBURGER & PRICE, LLP 2301 Broadway San Antonio, Texas 78215 Attorneys for Raymond S. De Leon II, Trustee of the Family Trust Jeffrey T. Knebel Email: jtknebel@ohkdlaw.com Michael B. Knisely Email: mbknisely@ohkslaw.com OSBORNE, HELMAN, KNEBEL & DELEERY, LLP 301 Congress Avenue, Suite 1910 Austin, Texas 78701 Attorneys for Rocio G. Guerra /s/ Barry Snell BARRY SNELL APPELLANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING PAGE 5 OF 5