Supreme Court of Ohio Clerk of Court - Filed September 22, 2015 - Case No. 2015-0545 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO REGIS F. LUTZ, et al., Plaintiffs/Respondents, CASE NO. 15-0545 vs. CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C., Defendant/Petitioner. On Review of Certified Questions from the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division Case No. 4:09-cv-2256 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL FOR AMICI CURIAE, SAM JOHNSON, ZEHENTBAUER FAMILY LAND LP, HANOVER FARMS LP, AND BOUNTY MINERALS, LLC Aletha M. Carver (0059157), 4775 Munson Street NW/PO Box 36963 Canton, Ohio 44735-6963 Phone: (330) 497-0700/Fax: (330)497-4020 bwilliams@kwgd.com; szurakowski@kwgd.com; gwatts@kwgd.com; acarver@kwgd.com Dennis E. Murray, Jr. (0038509), MURRAY & MURRAY CO., L.P.A. Ill East Shoreline Drive Sandusky, Ohio 44870 Phone: (419)624-3126 Fax: (419)624-0707 dmj @murrayandmurray. com Attorneys for Amici Curiae Sam Johnson, Zehentbauer Family Land LP, Hanover Farms LP, and Bounty Minerals, LLC Daniel T. Donovan (0067833), Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: (202) 879-5000 Fax: (202)879-5200 John K. Keller (0019957), Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP 52 East Gay Street Phone: (614)464-6400 Fax: (614)464-6350 Kevin C. Abbott (0091504), Nicolle R. Snyder Bagnell (0091442), Reed Smith LLP 225 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 Phone: (412)288-3804 Fax: (412)288-3063 Attorneysfor Petitioner Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. 01201379-1 /25851.03-0001
James Lowe (0002495), Lija Kaleps-Clark (0086445), Lowe Eklund & Wakefield Co., LPA Director of Land and Legal Services 1660 Skylight Office Tower NGO Development Corporation, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio 441 13-1454 1500 Granville Road Phone: (216) 781-2600/Fax: (216)781-2610 Newark, Ohio 43058-4970 jlowe@lewlaw.com Phone: (740) 348-1212 Fax: (740)344-2054 Robert C. Sanders (PHV pending), Attorneysfor Amid Curiae Ohio Oil and Gas Law Office of Robert C. Sanders Association, Artex Oil Company, Eclipse 12051 Old Marlboro Pike Resources I,L.P., EnerVest Operating, L.L.C., Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772 Hess Ohio Developments, LLC, Hilcorp Attorneys for Respondents Regis F. Lutz, et al. Energy Company, HGO Development Corporation, Inc., Rex Energy Corporation, O. Judson Scheaf III (0040285), and Sierra Resources, LLC Ben L. Pfefferle III (0024297), L. Bradford Hughes (0070997), 250 West Street, Suite 550 Christopher J. Baronzzi (0078109), Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP Phone: (614)458-0025 41 South High Street -6194 Michael W. Wise (0046694), Phone: (614)227-1915 Adam C. Smith (0087720), Fax: (614)227-2100 bhughes@porterwright.com; 600 Superior Avenue, East cbaronzzi@porterwright.com Suite 2100 Cleveland, Ohio 441 14 Matthew A. Haynie (PHV-7475-2015), Phone: (216)348-5400 American Petroleum Institute Fax: (216)348-5474 1220 L Street, N.W. Attorneys for Amici Curiae Washington, D.C. 2005 Gulfport Energy Corp. and The Ohio Oil and Phone: (202)682-8000 Gas Association HaynieM@api.org Attorneysfor Amicus Curiae Bruce M. Kramer (PHV-4489-2015), The American Petroleum Institute McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore 711 Louisiana Street Suite 1600 Houston, Texas 7702 Amicus Curiae 2
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL Pursuant to the Rules of Practice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, S.Ct.Prac.R. 2.01(B), Amici Curiae, Sam Johnson, Zehentbauer Family Land LP, Hanover Farms LP, and Bounty Minerals, LLC, hereby notify the Court and the parties to this proceeding of the appearance of William G. Williams (0013107); Scott M. Zurakowski (0069040); Gregory W. Watts (0082127); and Aletha M. Carver (0059157) of Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A., 4775 Munson Street NW/PO Box 36963, Canton, Ohio 44735-6963; and Dennis E. Murray, Jr. (0038509) of Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., 111 East Shoreline Drive, Sandusky, Ohio 44870, as counsel for Sam Johnson, Zehentbauer Family LP, Hanover Farms LP, and Bounty Minerals, LLC, in the above-captioned case. fs/_ William G. Williams Aletha M. Carver (0059157), of 4775 Munson Street NW/PO Box 36963 Canton, Ohio 44735-6963 Phone: (330) 497-0700/Fax: (330)497-4020 bwilliams@kwgd.com; szurakowski@kwgd.com; gwatts@kwgd.com; acarver@kwgd.com Dennis E. Murray, Jr. (0038509) MURRAY & MURRAY CO., L.P.A. Ill East Shoreline Drive Sandusky, Ohio 44870 Phone: (419)624-3126 Fax: (419)624-0707 Attorneys for Amici Curiae Sam Johnson, Zehentbauer Family Land LP, Hanover Farms LP, and Bounty Minerals, LLC 3
PROOF OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was served on September 22, 2015, pursuant to Civ.R. 5(B)(2)(c) by mailing it by United States mail to: James Lowe Michael W. Wise Lowe Eklund & Wakefield Co., LPA Adam C. Smith 1660 West Second Street 610 Skylight Office Tower 600 Superior Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 441 13-1454 Suite 2100 Cleveland, OH 441 14 Robert C. Sanders Law Office of Robert C. Sanders Bruce M. Kramer 12051 Old Marlboro Pike McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 71 1 Louisiana Street Suite 1600 Daniel T. Donovan Houston, TX 77002 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W. Lija Kaleps-Clark Washington, D.C. 2005 Director of Land and Legal Services NGO Development Corporation, Inc. John K. Keller 1 500 Granville Road Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Newark, OH 43058-4970 52 East Gay Street Columbus, OH 43215 L. Bradford Hughes Christopher J. Baronzzi Kevin C. Abbott Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP Nicolle R. Snyder Bagnell 41 South High Street Reed Smith LLP -6194 225 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Matthew A. Haynie American Petroleum Institute O. Judson Scheaf III 1220 L Street, N.W. Ben L. Pfefferle III Washington, D.C. 20005 250 West Street, Suite 550 4
/s/ William G. Williams Aletha M. Carver (0059157), of Attorneysfor Amid Curiae Sam Johnson, Zehentbauer Family Land LP, Hanover Farms LP, and Bounty Minerals, LLC 5