J.A. Green Development Corp., JAGI, Inc., and JAGI Verde LLC v. Grant Thornton, LLP, Jamie B. Fowler, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

ACCEPTED
05-15-00029-CV
FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS
DALLAS, TEXAS
6/24/2015 3:46:01 PM
LISA MATZ
CLERK

NO. 05-15-00029-CV

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN
5th COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS, TEXAS
AT DALLAS 6/24/2015 3:46:01 PM
LISA MATZ
Clerk
J.A. GREEN DEVELOPMENT CORP.; JAGI, INC.; AND JAGI VERDE LLC,
Appellants,
v.
GRANT THORNTON, LLP, JAMIE B. FOWLER; AND
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP,
Appellees.

On Appeal from the 14th District Court of Dallas County, Texas
Cause No. DC-14-00312

UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
TO FILE REPLY BRIEF OF APPELLANTS

LaDawn H. Conway David R. Deary
State Bar No. 04715800 Texas Bar No. 05624900
ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON & W. Ralph Canada, Jr.
TOWNSEND LLP Texas Bar No. 03733800
4925 Greenville Avenue, Suite 510 Wilson E. Wray
Dallas, Texas 75206-4026 Texas Bar No. 00797700
Telephone: (214) 369-2358 K. Adam Rothey
Telecopier: (214) 369-2359 Texas Bar No. 24051274
lconway@adjtlaw.com LOEWINSOHN FLEGLE DEARY, LLP
12377 Merit Drive, Suite 900
Dallas, Texas 75251
Telephone: (214) 572-1700
Telecopier: (214) 571-1717
dearyd@LFDlaw.com
ralphc@LFDlaw.com
wilsonw@LFDlaw.com
adamr@LFDlaw.com

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS
TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellants J.A. Green Development Corp., JAGI, Inc. and JAGI Verde LLC

(“Appellants”) file this first motion for extension of time to file their Reply Brief of

Appellants.

1. The present deadline for Appellants’ Reply Brief is July 2, 2015.

2. Appellants seek an extension of 14 days until July 16, 2015, in which

to file their Reply Brief.

3. This is Appellants’ first request for an extension of time for this brief.

4. This motion is unopposed.

5. Appellants request an extension because counsel have a number of

other matters that have interfered with their ability to prepare this brief by the current

due date, as follows:

Loewinsohn Flegle Deary, LLP

• preparation of opening brief due July 8 on behalf of Appellants in Alan

J. Kaufman, et al. v. Gramercy Advisors, LLC, et al., No. 15-0106,

Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District;

• response due July 10 to Gramercy’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’

Petition for Relief from Judgment in Alan J. Kaufman, et al. v. BDO

Seidman, L.L.P., et al., Cause No. 12 L 13292, in the Circuit Court of

Cook County, Illinois; and

UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF APPELLANTS—Page 1
 • opening brief due July 13 on behalf of Appellants in Gramercy Advisors

LLC, et al. v. J.A. Green Development Corp., et al., Index No.

650166/14, In the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division – First

Department.

Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP

• preparation of brief of appellant, due June 26, 2015,1 in Kartsotis v.

Bloch, et al., in the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at

Dallas; No. 05-14-01294-CV; and

• preparation of reply brief on the merits, due July 8, 2015, in Apache

Deepwater, LLC v. McDaniel Partners, Ltd., in the Supreme Court of

Texas, No. 14-0546.

6. This motion is not filed for the purpose of delay, but to allow counsel

adequate time to prepare the Reply Brief of Appellants in a way that will assist the

Court in reaching a decision.

For these reasons, Appellants J.A. Green Development Corp., JAGI, Inc. and

JAGI Verde LLC respectfully request that the deadline for filing their Reply Brief

of Appellants be extended until Thursday, July 16, 2015.

1
Counsel has moved for a 5-day extension, to July 1, 2015, in this appeal.

UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE REPLY BRIEF OF APPELLANTS—Page 2
 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ LaDawn H. Conway
David R. Deary
Texas Bar No. 05624900
W. Ralph Canada, Jr.
Texas Bar No. 03733800
Wilson E. Wray
Texas Bar No. 00797700
K. Adam Rothey
Texas Bar No. 24051274
LOEWINSOHN FLEGLE DEARY, LLP
12377 Merit Drive, Suite 900
Dallas, Texas 75251
Telephone: (214) 572-1700
Telecopier: (214) 571-1717
dearyd@LFDlaw.com
ralphc@LFDlaw.com
wilsonw@LFDlaw.com
adamr@LFDlaw.com

LaDawn H. Conway
State Bar No. 04715800
ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON &
TOWNSEND LLP
4925 Greenville Avenue, Suite 510
Dallas, Texas 75206-4026
Telephone: (214) 369-2358
Telecopier: (214) 369-2359
lconway@adjtlaw.com

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS
J.A. GREEN DEVELOPMENT CORP.;
JAGI, INC.; AND JAGI VERDE LLC

UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE REPLY BRIEF OF APPELLANTS—Page 3
 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

On June 19, 2015, the undersigned conferred with counsel for Appellees, and

they stated that their clients do not oppose the relief requested in this motion.

/s/ LaDawn H. Conway
LaDawn H. Conway

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
On June 24, 2015, I electronically filed this Motion for Extension of Time to

File Reply Brief of Appellants with the Clerk of the Court using the

eFile.TXCourts.gov electronic filing system which will send notification of such

filing to the following.

James M. Welch John T. Cox, III
Joel E. Geary David S. Coale
VINCENT LOPEZ SERAFINO JENEVEIN, P.C. LYNN TILLOTSON PINKER & COX, LLP
1601 Elm Street, Suite 4100 2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 2700
Dallas, Texas 75201 Dallas, Texas 75201
jwelch@vilolaw.com tcox@lynnllp.com
jgeary@vilolaw.com dcoale@lynnllp.com

Of Counsel: Counsel for Appellee Akin Gump
Kevin M. Dinan Straus Hauer & Feld, LLP
Timothy J. Sullivan
KING & SPALDING, LLP
1700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 72006-4747
kdinan@kslaw.com
tjsullivan@kslaw.com

Counsel for Appellees Grant
Thornton, LLP and Jamie B. Fowler
/s/ LaDawn H. Conway
LaDawn H. Conway

UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE REPLY BRIEF OF APPELLANTS—Page 4