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Houston Jury Sends U.S. Insurance Companies a Strong Message on Behalf of Emergency Room Doctors 

HOUSTON – A Harris County jury awarded $19.1 million to a group of emergency room doctors in the first case in the nation to litigate emergency room physicians’ out-of-network pay from private insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act.  The jury awarded physician groups ACS Primary Care Physicians Southwest PA and Emergency Services of Texas, affiliates of non-party physician led TeamHealth, $1.58 million in actual damages and $17.5 million in punitive damages from Molina Healthcare of […]

AZA Recovers $5.1 Million After Four-Week Jury Trial  

GALVESTON – After four weeks in trial, AZA’s client, the daughter of a hardworking red snapper fisherman, agreed to a $5.1 million settlement in a probate dispute over revenue from her father’s fishing interests.   The settlement reached as jury deliberations were underway amounted to five-times actual damages against the defendants. The defendants had offered $0 to settle the dispute before trial.  “The handwriting was […]

AZA’s Rocker-Lawyer Foster Johnson Featured in Texas Lawbook

It seems mind-boggling that a one-time alt-rock musician would wind up a corporate defense lawyer. It’s that incongruity that inspired Texas Lawbook to interview AZA’s Foster Johnson, who performed in his own band for 10 years before practicing law.    In an article headlined “For AZA Musician-Turned-Lawyer, the Courtroom Is Just a Different Stage,” Mr. Johnson explains:  “There is a performance aspect in common, especially in front of a jury. The very best trial lawyers communicate and entertain. In […]

AZA Earns Prestigious Chambers USA Rankings for 2021 in Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property  

HOUSTON – Chambers USA, the prestigious independent legal guide, has ranked AZA among the top Texas law firms for both commercial litigation and intellectual property work. This year five of the firm’s lawyers are individually ranked as well, and firm co-founder John Zavitsanos earned a “Spotlight” ranking as one of only 21 top Texas trial lawyers listed.    […]

Case Against AZA Client Turkey Leg Hut Dismissed  

HOUSTON – A nearly $650,000 lawsuit against the Turkey Leg Hut restaurant and its co-owner and founder, Nakia Price, has been fully dismissed. All that remains of the case are $230,000 in counterclaims against the man who originally sued.   Ralph Thomas, a onetime business associate of Nakia Price in another restaurant before she founded the Turkey Leg Hut, […]

AZA Prevails for Apache Corp. at the Supreme Court of Texas  

HOUSTON – AZA has prevailed at the Supreme Court of Texas on behalf of client Apache Corp. This victory paves the way for Apache to proceed in its arbitration against Wagner Oil to recover in excess of $15 million under an indemnity provision in Apache’s agreement with Wagner Oil.    The April 9 ruling rejects arguments by Wagner Oil to discard an arbitration provision contained in a 2001 purchase and sale agreement for oil and gas wells, mineral leases and fee interests […]

Eleven AZA Lawyers Make the 2021 Texas Rising Stars List  

HOUSTON – AZA is proud to announce that 11 of the firm’s trial lawyers have earned recognition on the 2021 Texas Rising Stars list, which honors the state’s leading young attorneys.  For the fifth straight year, AZA partner Sammy Ford IV was named a “Top 100 Texas Up & Coming” lawyer for his business litigation skills. He has made the Rising Stars list every year since 2013.  Also making […]

AZA Associate Joshua Harris’ Family-Focused Essay Featured in Texas Lawbook 

HOUSTON – In a personal essay for Texas Lawbook during Black History Month, AZA associate Joshua Harris revealed the back story of how he became a lawyer: lessons learned from his grandparents and parents, and from football.  In a Feb. 25 article headlined, From Grandparents and Quarterbacking: Lessons in Education and Adversity, Mr. Harris outlined his many discoveries growing up. He wrote that he benefited from what he was taught about strategic long-term planning from […]

Houston-Area Lawyer Sanctioned $150,000 for Filing Groundless Lawsuit Against AZA Client

RICHMOND, TX – Fort Bend County District Judge R. O’Neill Williams ordered Bellaire lawyer Paul B. Rosen and his client Gen Fu Zhang to be sanctioned $150,000 for making groundless claims in a lawsuit over the lease of a Sugar Land strip mall restaurant.   AZA lawyer Foster Johnson, who handled the case with co-counsel S. Scott West, said the sanction is one of the largest against a lawyer […]

AZA Names 3 New Partners with Commercial Litigation, IP Heft 

HOUSTON – Three accomplished trial lawyers have been promoted to partner at AZA. They are commercial litigators Monica Uddin and Taylor Freeman and intellectual property lawyer  Masood Anjom. Ms. Uddin joined AZA 10 years ago after graduation from the University of Chicago Law School. Since then, she has achieved a long list of courtroom successes, trying cases ranging from partnership breakups to trade secret and patent disputes. Her clients […]

AZA Featured in Three of Texas Lawbook’s Top 10 Commercial Litigation Moments of 2020 

HOUSTON – Texas Lawbook chose the top 10 commercial litigation moments of 2020, and work by AZA trial lawyers was front and center in three of those cases.   In the news story, Top 10 Commercial Litigation Moments of 2020 (subscription required), Texas Lawbook notes what a strange year 2020 was and how brave lawyers were able to try cases in person as AZA lawyers did in a healthcare case, or by Zoom, which AZA lawyers did in an energy sector case.   […]

Judge Daryl Moore Joins AZA’s Appellate Practice 

HOUSTON – Accomplished appellate and trial lawyer and former Harris County Judge Daryl Moore joins AZA’s appellate practice in 2021.  Judge Moore was called one of the best judges in Harris County when he served on the bench in the 333rd District Court. He has been lauded for his performance on the bench, for his service to the Houston Bar Association and as an advocate for law libraries.  “Judge Moore has […]

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