Archive for 2025
AZA Wins Jury Victory for KBR in $289 Million Energy Sector Breach of Contract Case
HOUSTON – A Harris County jury ruled in favor of AZA client Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), the global technology and engineering company, in a breach of contract case over $289 million in alleged lost profits and damages on a bid for a Mexican refinery build. This was the second giant nine-figure verdict for an […]
AZA Defeats $123.7 Million Breach of Contract Claim in First Major Winter Storm Uri Natural Gas Trading Jury Trial
HOUSTON – A federal court jury in Houston found in favor of Marathon Oil Company in a lawsuit against Koch Energy Services over the delivery of natural gas during the February 2021 Winter Storm Uri. In the process, AZA’s client Marathon Oil prevailed on its declaratory judgment claim and defeated Koch’s $123.7 million counterclaim for […]
John Zavitsanos Named to Lawdragon 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know 2025 List
HOUSTON – John Zavitsanos, a co-founder of AZA, was named to the Lawdragon 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know 2025. Lawdragon editors wrote that they researched the innovation, focus and drive these 100 lawyers around the nation bring to their firms. Their list has “representatives from firms large and small, corporate and litigation, plaintiff […]
AZA Client Victimized by Viral, False Rumor Featured in Major National Media, Including NY Times and NBC
HOUSTON – AZA client Mary Kate Cornett, a typical Ole Miss freshman, saw her life turned upside down in the worst conceivable way when vicious, false rumors about her were spread on social media and then amplified by sports media personalities, including ESPN’s Pat McAfee. The young Houston woman’s terrifying story first spread in late […]
AZA Partner Sammy Ford IV Wins HBA President’s Award
HOUSTON – AZA partner Sammy Ford IV has won the 2025 Houston Bar Association President’s Award in recognition of his outstanding service as chair of the HBA Litigation Section. “It was a pleasure to work with my colleagues in the Litigation Section. This year we tried to meet our members where they are to help […]
Three AZA Partners Named to Lawdragon’s 2025 list of 500 Leading Energy Lawyers
HOUSTON – AZA partners Todd Mensing, Tim Shelby and John Zavitsanos were named for the first time to Lawdragon’s 2025 list of the nation’s 500 Leading Energy Lawyers. This is the fourth year Lawdragon has chosen a top 500 in the energy sphere. “The Energy 500 reflects the historic strength of a handful of firms […]
Todd Mensing Again Named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in Environmental Law
HOUSTON – AZA name partner Todd Mensing has been named to Lawdragon’s list of The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental Lawyers – The Green 500. Lawdragon says honorees are “lawyers who spend their lives helping address our world, whether on behalf of a corporation that delivers energy or develops homes, or an organization that fights […]
AZA Gets Lawyer’s Discrimination Lawsuit Against Post Oak Hotel Tossed
HOUSTON – A federal judge this week dismissed personal injury lawyer Willie Powells’ lawsuit against the Post Oak Hotel that claimed he was asked to remove a baseball cap only because he is Black, even though the hotel’s dress code bans baseball caps, beanies and bucket hats. U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal tossed the […]
Jury Gives Maverick a Multimillion-Dollar Win Over ExxonMobil Subsidiary
HOUSTON – AZA client Maverick Natural Resources won a $5.6 million breach of contract victory over ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy, which had asked for $33 million but took nothing. The jury heard three days of testimony in Harris County Judge Donna Roth’s court regarding back-and-forth claims that the two companies owed each other millions from […]
Three AZA Partners on 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America List
HOUSTON – AZA co-founders Joe Ahmad and John Zavitsanos and their partner Daryl Moore have been named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America list. Messrs. Ahmad and Zavitsanos were cited for their excellence in commercial litigation, and Mr. Ahmad, who represents executives in employment matters, was also named for his expertise in […]
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