AZA Raises Starting Salary to Exceed National Big Law Market
HOUSTON – Houston trial boutique AZA announces it will hike its first-year lawyer salary from the market rate followed by the national Big Law firms of $225,000, up to $235,000.…
AZA Co-founder Joe Ahmad Named a Lawdragon Leading Corporate Employment Lawyer 2026
HOUSTON – Name partner Joe Ahmad, co-founder of AZA, was named once again to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers list. The 2026 edition marks the third year Mr.…
Twenty-Five AZA Lawyers Named 2025 Texas Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
HOUSTON – Twenty-five AZA lawyers earned 2025 recognition by Texas Super Lawyers as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars for excellence, largely in business litigation, intellectual property…
AZA Wins $140 Million Victory for Houston Bank
HOUSTON – A former executive for Houston-based Cornerstone Capital Bank capitulated during a Harris County trial and agreed to take nothing on his $140 million demand for payment of…
AZA Partner Shahmeer Halepota Speaks at The United Nations
UNITED NATIONS – AZA partner Shahmeer Halepota served on a five-person panel at the United Nations on Sept. 11, discussing a water crisis in Pakistan and the ramifications and rights…
AZA Associates Praise Firm for Work & Camaraderie in Vault Survey
HOUSTON – AZA associates responding to the Vault Annual Associate Survey anonymously praised the firm for quality of significant work, a collegial atmosphere and an egalitarian work…
Fourteen AZA Lawyers Named 2026 Lawdragon Leading Litigators
HOUSTON – Fourteen of AZA’s trial lawyers were recognized on The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, a list that aspires to name “the best litigators the U.S. has to…
AZA Won Largest 2024 Harris County Jury Verdict in Commercial Litigation
HOUSTON – TopVerdict.com, a surveyor of the highest jury verdicts and bench awards in the nation, found AZA’s $25.9 million jury verdict for a doctor’s group was the largest Harris…
AZA Wins Class Action Certification Victory Against Hospital System Sharing Patient Information
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – A Missouri judge has certified a class action lawsuit for thousands of patients whose protected health information was illegally shared with Facebook and Google by…
AZA Partner Monica Uddin Named One of Top National Lawyers for Client Service
HOUSTON – AZA partner Monica Uddin was one of only 240 lawyers nationwide named to the BTI Client Service All-Stars . The list, compiled through a survey of corporate counsel and those…