Archive for 2015
AZA’s $11.4 Million Verdict in False Accusations Case Ranked Top Texas Jury Award of 2014 for Intentional Torts
HOUSTON – The $11.4 million jury verdict won by AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, for Houston technology company Function One Consulting Group LLC has been ranked as Texas’ top verdict of 2014 in the intentional torts category, according to the legal reporting service VerdictSearch. In addition to being ranked No. 1 in the intentional […]
National Oilwell Varco Beats Mud King In Stolen Trade Secrets Case
HOUSTON – Houston-based National Oilwell Varco LP (NYSE:NOV), the worldwide designer and manufacturer of oil and gas drilling and production equipment, has won nearly $400,000 from Mud King Products Inc. after a bankruptcy judge found that Mud King paid an NOV employee to steal hundreds of NOV’s secret mud pump blueprints that Mud King was […]
Midland Energy Tech Company Seeks Millions from Late Employee’s Estate
MIDLAND, Texas – Oilfield well-completion company Peak Completion Technologies Inc. has sued the estate of its late co-founder Ray Hofman, arguing he siphoned millions from the company for extravagant personal spending before he died in a plane crash. Midland, Texas-based Peak sued the estate of Mr. Hofman as well as his widow, Janna Fulfer Hofman, […]
AZA Partner Tim Shelby Earns Martindale-Hubbell’s Highest Peer Review Ranking
HOUSTON – Commercial litigator Tim Shelby of Houston’s AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent peer review rating, the highest rating offered by the annual guide to the nation’s top lawyers. Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review ratings are based on confidential reviews from lawyers and judges. Mr. Shelby secured AV Preeminent status on […]
Eight Attorneys from Houston’s AZA Earn Texas Rising Stars Recognition
HOUSTON – The Houston-based trial firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, is proud to announce that eight firm attorneys have been selected to the 2015 Texas Rising Stars list, which recognizes the state’s leading young lawyers. Selected to the 2015 listing in recognition of their business litigation work are AZA partners Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher […]
Rembrandt Technologies Wins $15.7 Million Jury Verdict in Patent Infringement Case Against Samsung
MARSHALL, Texas – A Texas federal jury has awarded $15.7 million to Rembrandt Wireless Technologies LP after finding that Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. infringed on two Rembrandt patents covering Bluetooth technology. Jurors deliberated only one hour before issuing the Feb. 13 verdict. The five-day trial focused on two Rembrandt patents, U.S. Patent […]
AZA Partner Tim Shelby Quoted in Texas Lawyer, Law360 on Litigation Amid Low Oil Prices
HOUSTON – The legal publications Texas Lawyer and Law360 recently called on commercial litigator Tim Shelby of AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, for his perspectives on how low oil prices are impacting the Texas legal landscape. Mr. Shelby regularly represents AZA’s clients in significant oil and gas cases. “There will be a serious and […]
AZA Promotes Prominent Litigator Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher to Partner
HOUSTON – Successful litigator Elizabeth “Lizzie” Pannill Fletcher has been promoted to partner at AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing. A fourth-generation Texas trial lawyer and native Houstonian, Ms. Fletcher has a lengthy track record of courtroom wins, including the July 2014 dismissal of a multimillion-dollar breach of contract and fraud lawsuit against a Houston […]
AZA Named Among Houston’s Top Energy, Intellectual Property Law Firms
HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has earned selection to the Houston Business Journal’s 2014-2015 list of leading local law firms, ranking among the largest energy and intellectual property legal practices in Houston. The lists in the just-released Houston Business Journal’s Book of Lists 2014-2015 are based on the number of energy and […]
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