Name Partner Todd Mensing Again Named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in Environmental Law  

HOUSTON – AZA partner Todd Mensing has been named to Lawdragon’s list of the 2024 Leaders in Environmental Law.  

Lawdragon wrote that honorees were selected using its “time-honed process of journalistic reporting, nominations and vetting with peers and experts in environmental law.” 

Mr. Mensing, who focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, was honored for the second year for his work in environmental litigation. He is board certified in civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. In addition, he is recognized among the top lawyers in the nation for commercial litigation and construction litigation in The Best Lawyers in America.  

His environmental litigation experience includes defending a midstream energy company in a $100 million contamination suit brought by the state of New Jersey; defending the same company in a $50 million MTBE contamination suit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; defending a downstream energy company in a $100 million contamination suit; and achieving a walk-away settlement for a midstream company in a $30 million indemnity dispute relating to wetlands contamination.  

AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, is a Houston-based law firm that is home to true courtroom lawyers with a formidable track record in complex commercial litigation, including energy, healthcare, intellectual property and business dispute cases. AZA is recognized by Chambers USA 2023 as among the best in Texas in commercial law and intellectual property; has been listed by Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firms as one of the country’s best commercial litigation firms for 12 years running; has been named Litigation Department of the Year by Texas Lawyer three times; and was previously dubbed a Texas Powerhouse law firm by Law360.