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Three AZA Partners Make Lawdragon’s 500 Top Plaintiff Financial Lawyers List
HOUSTON – Three AZA partners have earned the distinction of being named to Lawdragon’s list of 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America for 2021. Founding lawyer John Zavitsanos and firm partners Demetrios Anaipakos and Amir Alavi were honored for their representation of plaintiffs in commercial litigation and intellectual property cases. Mr. Zavitsanos and Mr. Alavi were also recognized for their securities litigation work. In announcing the 2021 list, Lawdragon’s editors […]
AZA Named a Top Texas Patent Trial Firm for Seventh Year in a Row by Prestigious International IP Guide
HOUSTON – AZA, for the seventh consecutive year, has been named a top-level Texas patent litigation firm by London-based intellectual property publisher IAM. AZA was rated top-tier, or gold level, with only five other Texas firms, three of them international Big Law firms. Three AZA partners were also recommended by IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2021. The new guide said of […]
AZA Earns Prestigious Chambers USA Rankings for 2021 in Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property
HOUSTON – Chambers USA, the prestigious independent legal guide, has ranked AZA among the top Texas law firms for both commercial litigation and intellectual property work. This year five of the firm’s lawyers are individually ranked as well, and firm co-founder John Zavitsanos earned a “Spotlight” ranking as one of only 21 top Texas trial lawyers listed. […]
Houston City Council Settles Fire Department Discrimination Lawsuit, Agrees to Federal Consent Decree
HOUSTON – The Houston City Council has settled an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by Houston firefighter Jane Draycott in a case that started in 2009 when racist and sexist slurs were scrawled across her belongings, including on a photo of her dead daughter. Ms. Draycott received $275,000 from the city as part of the settlement, […]
AZA Ranked Among Top 10 Houston Intellectual Property Law Firms for 2020
HOUSTON – AZA is again on the Houston Business Journal’s list of the top 10 Houston intellectual property law firms. The HBJ’s 2020 list of the largest Houston-area intellectual property law firms (subscription required) recognizes AZA as the ninth–largest IP firm in Texas’ largest city. AZA has 14 lawyers in its IP stable, including experienced trial lawyers and lawyers with technical backgrounds in chemistry, electrical engineering, software and biochemistry. […]
For Seventh Year, Prestigious Chambers USA Ranks AZA Among Top Texas Commercial Litigation Firms
HOUSTON – For the seventh year, Houston commercial litigation and intellectual property boutique AZA has been named among Texas’ top general commercial litigation firms in the Chambers USA guide. Four of the firm lawyers are recognized in the 2020 edition individually for their legal prowess. Partners John Zavitsanos and Todd Mensing are ranked for their general commercial litigation experience. Partner Demetrios Anaipakos is ranked for his intellectual property expertise, and partner Joe Ahmad is ranked for his labor and employment work for […]
AZA Named to Best Law Firms List for Eighth Year by US News – Best Lawyers
HOUSTON – For the eighth year in a row, commercial litigation and intellectual property firm AZA is being recognized among the nation’s Best Law Firms by U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America. One of the firm’s clients, the general counsel of a global manufacturer, called the AZA team “the very […]
AZA, Three Firm Partners Honored by Benchmark Litigation Fifth Year in a Row
HOUSTON – Houston complex commercial litigation and intellectual property law firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, and three firm partners have earned recognition in the 2020 edition of Benchmark Litigation, a peer-review guide to top lawyers and firms. AZA received Benchmark’s “Recommended” rating for the fifth time as a firm. Name partners Joe Ahmad, […]
Eleven AZA Lawyers Named Among Nation’s Best for Commercial, Intellectual Property Litigation and Appellate Law
HOUSTON – Eleven lawyers with Houston trial law firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, won national recognition in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. That includes 75 percent of AZA partners. AZA partners Joe Ahmad, John Zavitsanos, Demetrios Anaipakos, Amir Alavi, Todd Mensing, and Tim Shelby were all rated for commercial […]
International IP Guide Honors AZA Among Top Texas Patent Trial Firms for Fifth Year in a Row
HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, is recommended as one of the top patent litigation firms in Texas by London-based intellectual property publisher IAM for the fifth consecutive year. “AZA is a firm of top-notch patent litigators who excel at trial work – when they get up to handle witnesses and present legal […]
AZA Again Ranked Among Top 10 Houston Intellectual Property Law Firms for 2019
HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, is again on the Houston Business Journal’s list of leading Houston intellectual property law firms. The HBJ law guide article, 2019 largest Houston-area intellectual property law firms, reports that AZA ranks seventh. AZA has 16 lawyers in its IP stable, including experienced trial lawyers and lawyers with […]
AZA Associate Neal Sarkar Wins 2019 Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas Award
HOUSTON – The Texas Young Lawyers Association has selected AZA commercial litigator Neal Sarkar as Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas for 2019. Mr. Sarkar will be presented the award in June at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting in Austin. Each year the young lawyer’s organization honors one top attorney for professional proficiency and […]
AZA Co-Founder Joe Ahmad Honored by the South Asian Bar Association
HOUSTON – Joe Ahmad, partner and co-founder of AZA, was honored with a Distinguished Member Award at the South Asian Bar Association of Houston’s 2019 gala. He was honored for his distinguished career at the groups’ annual charity gala May 11 at the St. Regis Hotel. Mr. Ahmad is known for his courtroom prowess, his […]
AZA Win Over Google in Patent Infringement Dispute Stands
HOUSTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit refused requests from Google LLC to revisit the court’s ruling in a dispute over three spreadsheet patents asserted by Data Engine Technologies LLC, a unit of Acacia Research Corp. In asking that the appellate court reconsider its ruling, Google called the court’s previous decision […]
AZA Again Named Among Best in Nation for Client Service by BTI Consulting
HOUSTON – Houston-based litigation and intellectual property firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has been rated among the best in the nation for client service, earning a place on the BTI Client Service A-Team 2019. BTI Consulting Group, which researches client service, bases its power rankings on a survey of Fortune 1000 general counsel […]


