AZA Wins $61.5 Million at Trial for Commercial Lender Client 

HOUSTON – AZA’s commercial lending client won a $61.5 million judgment from a Harris County judge who conducted a bench trial over a set of loan agreements and the debtors slew of contractual and equitable defenses. 

State District Judge Dawn Rogers issued the June judgment after hearing a May bench trial about the loan initiated in 2018. AZA’s client was awarded full balance on its claims for breach of multiple loan documents. The judge also issued declarations on the client’s security interests and awarded $277,000 in attorneys’ fees.   

“Our client gave the debtor time to repay but finally had to file suit and is happy to finally get this fair ending,” said lead lawyer Kyle Poelker, who tried the case with Todd Mensing and Justin Kenney.  

Houston and Dallas trial boutique Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing, or AZA, has earned repeated recognition from Chambers USA among the best in Texas in commercial law and intellectual property; the firm has been listed by Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firms as one of the country’s best commercial litigation firms for 13 years; has been named Litigation Department of the Year by Texas Lawyer three times; and was dubbed a Texas Powerhouse law firm by Law360.