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Vault’s 2023 Career Guide Puts AZA among Top Midsize Firms in U.S. & Top 4 in Texas 

HOUSTON – AZA is ranked by the popular career guide Vault among the nation’s top midsize law firms to work for and among the top 4 midsize firms in Texas, based on surveys of law firm associates.  The trial firm ranked No. 4 overall among Texas firms its size. It was No. 13 nationally for […]

Retirement Planners of America Wins Large Arbitration Award Against Ex-Employee for Breach of Contract   

McKINNEY, Texas – A Collin County judge affirmed a $1.4 million arbitration award against a former employee who breached his contractual and fiduciary obligations to MMWKM Advisors, which does business as Retirement Planners of America (RPOA), a Plano-based investment advisory firm. Arbitrator Anne Ashby, a retired Dallas County judge, found that Philip Floyd had “solicited […]

Texas Lawyer Magazine Yet Again Names AZA Litigation Department of the Year 

HOUSTON – AZA was once again chosen by Texas Lawyer magazine as the best boutique-sized litigation department in Texas. This is the third time the firm has earned the honor in just the last eight years. AZA was named best Texas boutique litigation department in 2019 and in 2015. And in 2017, the firm won […]

John Zavitsanos Named to Lawdragon’s 500 Top Plaintiff Financial Lawyers List 

HOUSTON – AZA co-founding partner John Zavitsanos has been named once again to Lawdragon’s list of 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America.     He is honored in the 2022 list for his representation of plaintiffs in commercial litigation, intellectual property and securities litigation cases.    This year Mr. Zavitsanos has been honored nationally with […]

AZA Wins for Healthcare Clients Earn Top Verdict Rankings in Texas, US 

HOUSTON – AZA’s trial victories for underpaid emergency doctor groups earned recognition among the Top Verdicts for 2021 by the National Law Journal and Texas Lawyer.   Rankings are based on court records scrutinized by VerdictSearch, an affiliate of National Law Journal. AZA made the Top 100 list nationally with one case and earned a place […]

Court Halts Hostile Takeover of Condominium Association in Houston’s Chinatown

HOUSTON – A Harris County court has granted a temporary injunction to a local commercial condominium association, curtailing an effort by a rogue group of property owners to take control of the association and its operations.   District Judge Kristen Hawkins granted the temporary injunction, which is part of a lawsuit filed in late June […]

AZA Wins Trademark Dispute for Illinois Youth Football Team

CHICAGO – Historic Chicago-area youth football program, Park Ridge Sports, Inc., took on disgruntled former board members to reclaim its trademarked team name of 55 years. Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing P.C. (AZA) swiftly overcame an inherited federal district court’s denial of a temporary injunction and built a strong case, forcing a settlement during trial and […]

AZA Will Cover Travel Costs for Reproductive Healthcare Not Available in State 

HOUSTON – Boutique trial law firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, will institute a program to reimburse employees for travel expenses incurred to access reproductive healthcare and pregnancy-related decisions as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.  Because AZA’s home state of Texas will no longer allow abortions and may […]

Jason McManis Named One of Five National Trial Rising Stars by Law360

HOUSTON – AZA partner Jason McManis, head of AZA’s intellectual property group, was named one of only five Law360 Rising Stars in the Trials category for 2022. He is featured in the article “Rising Star: Ahmad Zavitsanos’ Jason McManis.” Editors at the national legal news outlet reviewed more than 1,350 nominations for accomplished lawyers under […]

AZA Earns Prestigious 2022 Chambers USA Rankings in Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property   

HOUSTON – Chambers USA, the independent and prestigious legal guide, has ranked AZA among the top Texas law firms for both commercial litigation and intellectual property work yet again. Three of the firm’s lawyers are individually ranked as well.   Firm co-founder John Zavitsanos and partner Todd Mensing are ranked for general commercial litigation. Co-founder Joe […]

AZA Selected as a Finalist for National Elite Trial Law Firm 2022  

HOUSTON – Trial law firm AZA is being honored as a “highly commended” finalist for the National Law Journal’s National Elite Trial Law Firm awards for a series of jury wins around the country on behalf of emergency room doctors underpaid by insurance companies.   The firm and lead lawyer John Zavitsanos were honored in the […]

AZA Beats Frivolous Anti-SLAPP Appeal in Construction Case 

HOUSTON – With criticism growing for how lawyers are abusing mid-case appeals, the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals today found that a local court was correct to toss a contractor’s frivolous attempts to use Texas’ anti-SLAPP law to delay an impending trial setting. The case now headed back to the trial docket of the 113th […]

Zavitsanos One of Law360’s 10 National ‘Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar’ for Groundbreaking Healthcare Jury Trial Wins 

HOUSTON –John Zavitsanos, co-founder of AZA, was one of only 10 lawyers named as a “Titan of the Plaintiffs bar” by Law360 today for his recent groundbreaking healthcare jury wins. Mr. Zavitsanos was chosen for the work he’s done for client TeamHealth to seek fair insurance reimbursements for emergency room doctors around the nation. He’s […]

AZA Client Port of Houston Wins $28 Million Jury Verdict in Federal Court  

HOUSTON – A jury in U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes’ court returned a $28 million verdict for the Port of Houston in a breach of contract dispute with French merchant firm Louis Dreyfus Company. The dispute was over Louis Dreyfus’ refusal to do required upkeep on a portside grain elevator it rented from the government […]

Ten AZA Lawyers on Texas Rising Stars List for 2022 

HOUSTON – Ten AZA partners and associates were selected to this year’s Texas Rising Stars list of leading young attorneys, an honor based on peer nominations and independent research.   Earning recognition for business litigation were firm partners Taylor Freeman and Jason McManis, both on the list for five consecutive years, and associates Cameron Byrd, […]

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