                                                                                  ACCEPTED
                                                                              01-15-00300-CV
                                                                   FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                           HOUSTON, TEXAS
                                                                         5/19/2015 5:07:14 PM
                                                                        CHRISTOPHER PRINE
                                                                                       CLERK

                        NO. 01-15-00300-CV
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                                                          FILED IN
                                                   1st COURT OF APPEALS
     IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT    HOUSTON, TEXAS
                     OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON           5/19/2015 5:07:14 PM
    __________________________________________________________
                                                   CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
                                                           Clerk

          SUMMIT INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION L.L.C.,
                        Appellant,

                                   v.

               UTICA EAST OHIO MIDSTREAM L.L.C.,
                              Appellee.
         __________________________________________________

                 On Appeal from Cause No. 2015-03174
          In the 190th District Court of Harris County, Texas
         __________________________________________________

                UTICA’S NOTICE OF DESIGNATION
                 OF LEAD APPELLATE COUNSEL
         __________________________________________________

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

     Appellee Utica East Ohio Midstream L.L.C. (“Utica”) hereby

respectfully gives notice that its lead counsel on appeal is Nicholas D.

Stepp, of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. TEX. R. APP. P. 6.1(c). Mr.

Stepp’s name, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail

address, and State Bar of Texas identification number are listed below.




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                  Nicholas D. Stepp
                  State Bar No. 24077701
                  Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.
                  1300 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 2500
                  Houston, Texas 77056
                  Telephone: (713) 623-0887
                  Facsimile: (713) 960-1527
                  E-mail: nstepp@bmpllp.com



                       Respectfully submitted,

                 BEIRNE, MAYNARD & PARSONS, L.L.P.

 /s/ Nicholas D. Stepp              /s/ Scott D. Marrs
Nicholas D. Stepp                  Scott D. Marrs
State Bar No. 24077701             State Bar No. 13013400
1300 Post Oak Boulevard            smarrs@bmpllp.com
Suite 2500                         Andrew B. McGill
Houston, TX 77056                  State Bar No. 24051026
Tel: (713) 623-0887                amcgill@bmpllp.com
Facsimile: (713) 960-1527          Scott R. Davis
E-mail: nstepp@bmpllp.com          State Bar No. 24059660
                                   srdavis@bmpllp.com
Appellate Counsel for Appellee     1300 Post Oak Boulevard
                                   Suite 2500
                                   Houston, Texas 77056
                                   Telephone: (713) 623-0887
                                   Facsimile: (713) 960-1527

                                   Trial Counsel for Appellee




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                      CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

      I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has
been sent via e-filing or facsimile to the following parties on May 19,
2015:

     R. Carson Fisk
     FORD NASSEN BALDWIN, PC
     111 Congress Ave., Suite 1010
     Austin, Texas 78701
     RCFisk@fordnassen.com


                                      /s/ Nicholas D. Stepp
                                      Nicholas D. Stepp




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