ACCEPTED
01-14-00138-CV
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
6/19/2015 5:03:56 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
No. 01-14-00138-CV
_________________________________________________________________
FILED IN
1st COURT OF APPEALS
In the First Court of Appeals HOUSTON, TEXAS
Houston, Texas 6/19/2015 5:03:56 PM
_________________________________________________________________
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
ROLANDO ACEVEDO, ET AL.,
Appellants,
v.
THE O’QUINN LAW FIRM, ET AL.,
Appellees.
_________________________________________________________________
On Appeal from the Probate Court Number 2,
Harris County, Texas
Cause No. 392,247-416
_________________________________________________________________
APPELLANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS
TO THE HONORABLE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS:
Appellants, Rolando Acevedo, et al., respectfully file this Appellants’
Unopposed Motion to Dismiss as a result of a settlement agreement between the
parties of this appeal.
1. This case is pending in this Court. The Clerk’s Record has been on
file since August 6, 2014.
2. Appellants’ brief was originally due September 6, 2014.
3. The parties have been involved in settlement negotiations, which have
been fruitful. The clients have been contacted to seek their agreement to a global
settlement. Appellants asked for and received an abatement from the Court of
Appeals.
4. As requested by the Court, Appellants have provided status reports to
the Court on a regular basis.
5. The Court has graciously extended the abatement of this appeal until
June 20, 2015 so that counsel for Appellants could have time to obtain approval for
the settlements from Appellants.
6. Counsel has now confirmed Appellants’ agreement to the settlement,
thus, the abatement and appeal is no longer necessary.
7. Therefore, Appellants no longer wish to prosecute this appeal and ask
this Court to dismiss this appeal.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/Lance Christopher Kassab
Lance Christopher Kassab
State Bar No. 00794070
lck@texaslegalmalpractice.com
David Eric Kassab
State Bar No. 24071351
dek@texaslegalmalpractice.com
1420 Alabama
Houston, Texas 77004
Telephone: 713.522.7400
2
Facsimile: 713.522.7410
Attorneys for Appellants
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I have conferred with Dale Jefferson, one of the attorneys for Appellees, and
he is unopposed to this motion.
/s/Lance Christopher Kassab
Lance Christopher Kassab
3
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
On June 19, 2015, I electronically filed this Unopposed Motion to Abate
Appeal Pending Settlement Approval with the Clerk of Court using the
eFile.TX.gov electronic filing system which will send notification of such filing to
the following (except where alternate service is otherwise noted):
Jim Peacock Dale Jefferson
LAW OFFICES OF JIM PEACOCK MARTIN DISIERE JEFFERSON &
112 East 4th Street WISDOM LLP
Houston, Texas 77007 808 Travis, Suite 1800
jimpeacock@msn.com Houston, Texas 77002
jefferson@mdjwlaw.com
/s/Lance Christopher Kassab
Lance Christopher Kassab
4
Rolando Acevedo v. the O'Quinn Law Firm, John M. O'Quinn & Associates, LLP, and T. Gerald Treece, as Independent of the Estate of John M. O'Quinn
Combined Opinion