On December 31, 2020 a
Party Discovery
was filed
involving a dispute between
Arista Investments 401K Trust,
Arista Investments, Llc,
Earley, J. Mark,
Edwards, F. Aaron,
Fox, Brian,
and
1 Ramland Road Management, Llc,
Fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty, Llc,
Ramland Holdings Ii, Llc,
U.S. Data Center Portfolio Manager, Llc,
Welp, Corey,
for CNTR CNSMR COM DEBT
in the District Court of Dallas County.
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FILED
1/21/2022 12:47 PM
FELICIA PITRE
58 DISTRICT CLERK
DALLAS CO., TEXAS
Martin Reyes DEPUTY
Brian N. Fox 12/13/2021
CAUSE N0. DC-20-19316
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ARISTA INVESTMENTS, LLC; ) IN THE DISTRICT COURT
ARISTA INVESTMENTS 401K )
TRUST; F. AARON EDWARDS; )
J. MARK EARLEY; and )
BRIAN FOX )
PIaintiffs, )
)
v. ) DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
)
FIFTEENFORTYSEVEN CRITICAL )
SYSTEMS REALTY, LLC; COREY )
WELP; U.S. DATA CENTER )
PORTFOLIO MANAGER, LLC; )
RAMLAND HOLDINGS II, LLC; )
and 1 RAMLAND ROAD )
MANAGEMENT, LLC, )
10 Defendants. ) 298th JUDICIAL DISTRICT
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12
13 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATION
14 DEPOSITION OF BRIAN N. FOX
15 DECEMBER 13, 2021
16 VOLUME 1 0F 1
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19 I, AprII R. Brunson, Certified Shorthand Reporter in
20 and for the State of Texas, hereby certify to the
21 foIIowing:
22 That the witness, BRIAN N. FOX, was duIy sworn by
23 the officer and that the transcript of the oraI
24 deposition is a true record of the testimony given by
25 the witness;
Corona Court Reporting, Inc.
214.528.791 2
59
Brian N. Fox 12I13I2021
That the deposition transcript was submitted on
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[kxgmégjitfnékfikl to the witness or to the attorney
for the witness for examination, signature and return to
me
by'UanuaQj Kr:§MXKl ;
That the amount of time used by each party at the
deposition is as foiiows:
MR. ARNETT - O minutes
MR. GAUBERT - 0 minutes
MR. ALEXANDER —
49 minutes
1o
11 That pursuant to information given to the
12 Deposition officer at the time said testimony was taken,
13 the foiiowing inciudes counsei for a1] parties of
14 record:
15 FOR THE PLAINTIFFS:
Mr. J. Robert "Bob" Arnett II
16 Ms. Dorothy Abzanka Cuiham,
CARTER ARNETT, PLLC
17 8150 North Centrai Expressway
Suite 500
18 Daiias, Texas 75206
214.550.8188
19 214.550.8185 (Fax)
barnett@carterarnett.com
20 dcuihamecarterarnett.com
21 Mr. Michaei Gaubert
GAUBERT LAW GROUP, P.C.
22 100 Crescent Court
7th Fioor
23 DaTTas, Texas 75201
214.593.6440
24 michae1@gaubert1awgroup.com
25
Corona Court Reporting, Inc.
214.528.7912
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Brian N. Fox 12I13l2021
FOR THE DEFENDANTS:
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Mr. Fie1ds A1exander
BECK, REDDEN LLP
1221 McKinney Street
Houston, Texas 77010
713.951.3700
713.951 3720 (Fax)
fa1exander@beckredden.com
I further certify that I am neither counse1 for,
re1ated to, nor emp1oyed by any of the parties or
attorneys 1n the action in which this proceeding was
taken, and further that I am not financiaIIy or
10 otherwise interested in the outcome of the action.
11 Further certification requirements pursuant to Ru1e
12 203 of TRCP wi11 be certified to after they have
13 occurred.
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14 Certified to by me this SLI day of
15 December , 2021 .
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ApriI R. Brunson TX CSR 7495
19 Expiration Date: 4/30/2022
CORONA COURT REPORTING
20 Firm Registration No. 282
P.O. Box 191582
21 DaTTas, Texas 75219
214.528.7912 (Office)
22 214.528.1313 (Fax)
23
24
25
Corona Court Reporting, Inc.
214.528.7912
61
Brian N. Fox 12l13l2021
FURTHER CERTIFICATION BY REPORTING FIRM
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COURT
UNDER RULE 203 TRCP
The originaT deposition wasAwa§_noi returned to the
deposition officer on
:Einuagj €2Jse,$&233l ;
If returned, the attached Changes and Signature page
contains any changes and the reasons therefor;
If returned, the originaT deposition was deTivered
to VH5“)? PrMZYAHDW ,
CustodiaT-Attorney;
1O That $1f§bqp is the deposition officer's charges
11 to the Defendants for preparing the originaT deposition
12 transcript and any copies of exhibits;
13 That the deposition was deTivered in accordance with
14 RuTe 203.3, and that a copy of this certificate was
15 served on a1] parties shown herein on and fiTed with the
16 CTerk.
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17 Certified to by me this 511
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day of
18 , 2021 .
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21 CORONA COURT REPORTING
Firm Registration No. 282
22 P.O. Box 191582
DaTTas, Texas 75219
23 214.528.7912 (Office)
214.528.1313 (Fax)
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25
Corona Court Reporting, Inc.
214.528.7912
announcuumEPumms
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P0 Box 191528' Dallas. TX75219
' 214.528.1313“) ' 214.549.1732(C)
214.528.7912(O)
DATE: 01 lat 19093.
Mr. Fields Alexander
BECK REDDEN, LLP
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500
Houston, Texas 77010
RE: CAUSE N0. DC—20—19316; ARISTA v FIFTEENFORTYSEVEN
Dear Mr. Alexander:
As regards the deposition of BRIAN N. FOX, taken on 1.2113(2021, due to be returned
01.,[1012021in the above-mentioned matter, please note the following:
[x] Original transcript enclosed
[ ] Original not returned
[ ] Corrections/Changes pages attached
[x] Corrections/Signature pages not returned
[ ] No changes and/or corrections were noted
[ ] Signature was waived
[x] Witness did not sign
[ ] Signature was notarized
[ ] Signature was not notarized
[X] Reporter’s Certificate attached
Please contact our office if you have any questions or if we can be of further service.
Sincerely,
/S/Mo Jallow
Corona Court Reporting
cc: 298T“ Judicial District; County Court at Law; Dallas County, Texas (via eFiIe)
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Envelope ID: 61033745
Status as of 1/24/2022 8:37 AM CST
Associated Case Party: ARISTA INVESTMENTS, LLC
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Michael Lewis Gaubert 785903 michael@gaubertlawgroup.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT
James Robert Arnett 1332900 barnett@carterarnett.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT
Associated Case Party: FIFTEENFORTYSEVEN CRITICAL SYSTEMS REALTY, LLC
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Alex B.Roberts aroberts@beckredden.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT
Fields Alexander falexander@beckredden .com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT
Jake McClellan jmcclellan@beckredden.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT
Amy ParkerBeeson abeeson@beckredden.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT
Ashlee McCrary amccrary@beckredden.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Theresa LFails theresa@gaubertlawgroup.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT
Dorothy Culham dculham@carterarnett.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT
Nathan Cox ncox@carterarnett.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT
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FILED 1/21/2022 12:47 PM FELICIA PITRE 58 DISTRICT CLERK DALLAS CO., TEXAS Martin Reyes DEPUTY Brian N. Fox 12/13/2021 CAUSE N0. DC-20-19316 123456789 ARISTA INVESTMENTS, LLC; ) IN THE DISTRICT COURT ARISTA INVESTMENTS 401K ) TRUST; F. AARON EDWARDS; ) J. MARK EARLEY; and ) BRIAN FOX ) PIaintiffs, ) ) v. ) DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS ) FIFTEENFORTYSEVEN CRITICAL ) SYSTEMS REALTY, LLC; COREY ) WELP; U.S. DATA CENTER ) PORTFOLIO MANAGER, LLC; ) RAMLAND HOLDINGS II, LLC; ) and 1 RAMLAND ROAD ) MANAGEMENT, LLC, ) 10 Defendants. ) 298th JUDICIAL DISTRICT 11 ******************************************************** 12 13 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATION 14 DEPOSITION OF BRIAN N. FOX 15 DECEMBER 13, 2021 16 VOLUME 1 0F 1 ******************************************************** 17 18 19 I, AprII R. Brunson, Certified Shorthand Reporter in 20 and for the State of Texas, hereby certify to the 21 foIIowing: 22 That the witness, BRIAN N. FOX, was duIy sworn by 23 the officer and that the transcript of the oraI 24 deposition is a true record of the testimony given by 25 the witness; Corona Court Reporting, Inc. 214.528.791 2 59 Brian N. Fox 12I13I2021 That the deposition transcript was submitted on 123456789 [kxgmégjitfnékfikl to the witness or to the attorney for the witness for examination, signature and return to me by'UanuaQj Kr:§MXKl ; That the amount of time used by each party at the deposition is as foiiows: MR. ARNETT - O minutes MR. GAUBERT - 0 minutes MR. ALEXANDER — 49 minutes 1o 11 That pursuant to information given to the 12 Deposition officer at the time said testimony was taken, 13 the foiiowing inciudes counsei for a1] parties of 14 record: 15 FOR THE PLAINTIFFS: Mr. J. Robert "Bob" Arnett II 16 Ms. Dorothy Abzanka Cuiham, CARTER ARNETT, PLLC 17 8150 North Centrai Expressway Suite 500 18 Daiias, Texas 75206 214.550.8188 19 214.550.8185 (Fax) barnett@carterarnett.com 20 dcuihamecarterarnett.com 21 Mr. Michaei Gaubert GAUBERT LAW GROUP, P.C. 22 100 Crescent Court 7th Fioor 23 DaTTas, Texas 75201 214.593.6440 24 michae1@gaubert1awgroup.com 25 Corona Court Reporting, Inc. 214.528.7912 60 Brian N. Fox 12I13l2021 FOR THE DEFENDANTS: 123456789 Mr. Fie1ds A1exander BECK, REDDEN LLP 1221 McKinney Street Houston, Texas 77010 713.951.3700 713.951 3720 (Fax) fa1exander@beckredden.com I further certify that I am neither counse1 for, re1ated to, nor emp1oyed by any of the parties or attorneys 1n the action in which this proceeding was taken, and further that I am not financiaIIy or 10 otherwise interested in the outcome of the action. 11 Further certification requirements pursuant to Ru1e 12 203 of TRCP wi11 be certified to after they have 13 occurred. 8+ 14 Certified to by me this SLI day of 15 December , 2021 . 16 17 18 k- ApriI R. Brunson TX CSR 7495 19 Expiration Date: 4/30/2022 CORONA COURT REPORTING 20 Firm Registration No. 282 P.O. Box 191582 21 DaTTas, Texas 75219 214.528.7912 (Office) 22 214.528.1313 (Fax) 23 24 25 Corona Court Reporting, Inc. 214.528.7912 61 Brian N. Fox 12l13l2021 FURTHER CERTIFICATION BY REPORTING FIRM 123456789 COURT UNDER RULE 203 TRCP The originaT deposition wasAwa§_noi returned to the deposition officer on :Einuagj €2Jse,$&233l ; If returned, the attached Changes and Signature page contains any changes and the reasons therefor; If returned, the originaT deposition was deTivered to VH5“)? PrMZYAHDW , CustodiaT-Attorney; 1O That $1f§bqp is the deposition officer's charges 11 to the Defendants for preparing the originaT deposition 12 transcript and any copies of exhibits; 13 That the deposition was deTivered in accordance with 14 RuTe 203.3, and that a copy of this certificate was 15 served on a1] parties shown herein on and fiTed with the 16 CTerk. 34 17 Certified to by me this 511 _ day of 18 , 2021 . km 19 20 LL 21 CORONA COURT REPORTING Firm Registration No. 282 22 P.O. Box 191582 DaTTas, Texas 75219 23 214.528.7912 (Office) 214.528.1313 (Fax) 24 25 Corona Court Reporting, Inc. 214.528.7912 announcuumEPumms *Real time to iPads* P0 Box 191528' Dallas. TX75219 ' 214.528.1313“) ' 214.549.1732(C) 214.528.7912(O) DATE: 01 lat 19093. Mr. Fields Alexander BECK REDDEN, LLP 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500 Houston, Texas 77010 RE: CAUSE N0. DC—20—19316; ARISTA v FIFTEENFORTYSEVEN Dear Mr. Alexander: As regards the deposition of BRIAN N. FOX, taken on 1.2113(2021, due to be returned 01.,[1012021in the above-mentioned matter, please note the following: [x] Original transcript enclosed [ ] Original not returned [ ] Corrections/Changes pages attached [x] Corrections/Signature pages not returned [ ] No changes and/or corrections were noted [ ] Signature was waived [x] Witness did not sign [ ] Signature was notarized [ ] Signature was not notarized [X] Reporter’s Certificate attached Please contact our office if you have any questions or if we can be of further service. Sincerely, /S/Mo Jallow Corona Court Reporting cc: 298T“ Judicial District; County Court at Law; Dallas County, Texas (via eFiIe) Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules. Envelope ID: 61033745 Status as of 1/24/2022 8:37 AM CST Associated Case Party: ARISTA INVESTMENTS, LLC Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Michael Lewis Gaubert 785903 michael@gaubertlawgroup.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT James Robert Arnett 1332900 barnett@carterarnett.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT Associated Case Party: FIFTEENFORTYSEVEN CRITICAL SYSTEMS REALTY, LLC Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Alex B.Roberts aroberts@beckredden.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT Fields Alexander falexander@beckredden .com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT Jake McClellan jmcclellan@beckredden.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT Amy ParkerBeeson abeeson@beckredden.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT Ashlee McCrary amccrary@beckredden.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT Case Contacts Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Theresa LFails theresa@gaubertlawgroup.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT Dorothy Culham dculham@carterarnett.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT Nathan Cox ncox@carterarnett.com 1/21/2022 12:47:42 PM SENT