On September 20, 2016 a
Motion-Secondary
was filed
involving a dispute between
Rowan Companies Inc,
Titan Technical Training,
Whitney, Randall,
and
Mook, John Patrick "Jp",
Rowan Companies Inc,
Wolfe, Thomas Greenberry,
Mook, J P,
Whitney, Randall,
Wolfe, Tom,
for Debt/Contract - Debt/Contract
in the District Court of Harris County.
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CAUSE NO. 2016-63859
RANDALL WHITNEY D/B/A
TITAN TECHNICAL TRAINING IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
Plaintiff,
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
ROWAN COMPANIES, INC JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Defendant
ROWAN COMPANIES, INC.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
Counter Plaintiff
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
RANDALL WHITNEY, J.P. MOOK and
TOM WOLFE JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Counter Defendants.
ROWAN COMPANIES’ RESPONSE TO THIRD RTY DEFENDANT
J.P. MOOK’S EMERGENCY MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE
Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Rowan Companies, Inc. respectfully submits this response to
Third-Party Defendant J.P. Mook’s Emergency Motion for Continuance.
This case was initially filed on September 20, 2016. Rowan Companies added Mr. Mook
as a third party defendant on May 22, 2017. This case previously was set for trial on the two week
docket beginning May 20, 2019, and a final pre trial conference was held on May 23, 2019. During
the pre trial conference, the Court advised Mr. Mook to obtain counsel. Trial for this matter was
subsequently preferentially set for the two week docket beginning June 22, 2021.
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This case is almost five years old, and Mr. Mook has hadover four years to retain counsel
for this matter. Moreover, the Court has advised the parties that it intends to try this case beginning
June 22, 2021. Rowan Companies is ready to try this matter.
PRAYER
For the foregoing reasons, Defendant/Counter Plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court
deny Third Party Defendant J.P. Mook’s Emergency Motion for Continuance and order the parties
to proceed with trial on June 22, 2021.
espectfully submitted,
MYSER APLAN ESELKA L.L.P.
By: /s/David Isaak
David Isaak
State Bar No. 24012887
Shaun Clarke
State Bar No. 24056972
JacquelynR. Rex
State Bar No. 24098317
717 Texas Avenue, Suite 28
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: (713) 221 2300
Fac imile: (713) 221 2320
disaak@skv.com
sclarke@skv.com
jrex@skv.com
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT/
COUNTER PLAINTIFF
ROWAN COMPANIES,
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVI
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served on all
counsel of record including counsel for Third Party Defendant J.P. Mook via email and/or the
Court’s CM/ECF filing systemJune
/s/ David Isaak
David Isaa
1097225.1.docx
Document Filed Date
June 09, 2021
Case Filing Date
September 20, 2016
Category
Debt/Contract - Debt/Contract
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CAUSE NO. 2016-63859 RANDALL WHITNEY D/B/A TITAN TECHNICAL TRAINING IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Plaintiff, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS ROWAN COMPANIES, INC JUDICIAL DISTRICT Defendant ROWAN COMPANIES, INC. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Counter Plaintiff HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS RANDALL WHITNEY, J.P. MOOK and TOM WOLFE JUDICIAL DISTRICT Counter Defendants. ROWAN COMPANIES’ RESPONSE TO THIRD RTY DEFENDANT J.P. MOOK’S EMERGENCY MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Rowan Companies, Inc. respectfully submits this response to Third-Party Defendant J.P. Mook’s Emergency Motion for Continuance. This case was initially filed on September 20, 2016. Rowan Companies added Mr. Mook as a third party defendant on May 22, 2017. This case previously was set for trial on the two week docket beginning May 20, 2019, and a final pre trial conference was held on May 23, 2019. During the pre trial conference, the Court advised Mr. Mook to obtain counsel. Trial for this matter was subsequently preferentially set for the two week docket beginning June 22, 2021. 1097225.1.docx This case is almost five years old, and Mr. Mook has hadover four years to retain counsel for this matter. Moreover, the Court has advised the parties that it intends to try this case beginning June 22, 2021. Rowan Companies is ready to try this matter. PRAYER For the foregoing reasons, Defendant/Counter Plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court deny Third Party Defendant J.P. Mook’s Emergency Motion for Continuance and order the parties to proceed with trial on June 22, 2021. espectfully submitted, MYSER APLAN ESELKA L.L.P. By: /s/David Isaak David Isaak State Bar No. 24012887 Shaun Clarke State Bar No. 24056972 JacquelynR. Rex State Bar No. 24098317 717 Texas Avenue, Suite 28 Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 221 2300 Fac imile: (713) 221 2320 disaak@skv.com sclarke@skv.com jrex@skv.com ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT/ COUNTER PLAINTIFF ROWAN COMPANIES, 1097225.1.docx CERTIFICATE OF SERVI I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served on all counsel of record including counsel for Third Party Defendant J.P. Mook via email and/or the Court’s CM/ECF filing systemJune /s/ David Isaak David Isaa 1097225.1.docx