Posts Tagged ‘commercial litigation’
AZA Partner Sammy Ford IV Wins HBA President’s Award
HOUSTON – AZA partner Sammy Ford IV has won the 2025 Houston Bar Association President’s Award in recognition of his outstanding service as chair of the HBA Litigation Section. “It was a pleasure to work with my colleagues in the Litigation Section. This year we tried to meet our members where they are to help […]
AZA Names Bai, Poelker and Turkevich as New Partners
HOUSTON – Weining Bai, Kyle Poelker and Paul Turkevich have been named new partners at AZA. All three have been named Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch by The Best Lawyers in America, as Texas Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers, or were named to both lists. “This is a talented trio of new […]
AZA Honored by Best Law Firms for 13th Year and in Multiple Categories
HOUSTON – AZA is being recognized for the 13th year among the Best Law Firms in Houston by The Best Lawyers in America. This year, it is honored as a Tier 1 Houston firm for its appellate work and in five categories of litigation – commercial, intellectual property, employment law for management, construction and personal […]
AZA Once Again Named Among the Nation’s ‘Most Feared’ Law Firms
HOUSTON – On a list dominated by national and international law firms, Houston’s litigation boutique AZA was named by this country’s legal decision makers as one of the top firms they do not want to see on the other side of a lawsuit. The 2025 list was compiled by BTI Consulting, a group that annually […]
AZA Earns Prestigious Chambers USA Rankings for the 11th Year in a Row
HOUSTON – AZA earned top ratings in Texas for two practice areas and five individual lawyers from Chambers USA, the gold standard of legal ratings. This marks the 11th year AZA was rated in the general commercial litigation category and the fourth year for its intellectual property (IP) practice. “Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing are phenomenal. […]
John Zavitsanos Named to Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers
HOUSTON – AZA co-founder John Zavitsanos, who has been named to Lawdragon’s national leading lawyers and leading litigators lists this year, has been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers list. Mr. Zavitsanos was named to the plaintiff financial lawyers list for his expertise in commercial litigation, intellectual property and securities. The […]
AZA Wins Appeal for Energy Giant
HOUSTON – The Supreme Court of Texas agreed with AZA’s appellate team when it found that a trial court abused its discretion when it failed to dismiss a case against energy giant Weatherford International. The justices found on April 26 that Weatherford could not be sued in a Texas court. The case was filed by […]
AZA Client Wins Take-Nothing Judgment from Jury
HOUSTON – In a business divorce trial where the plaintiff presented damages of up to $82 million, a Harris County jury unanimously found he should take nothing and returned a verdict in favor of AZA’s clients. Hunter Carr, who ran a diabetes treatment consultancy along with AZA’s clients, alleged in the lawsuit that the others […]
Jury Says No Back Wages for Former First-Year Associate Pfeiffer
HOUSTON – It took a Harris County jury only an hour, including lunch, to find that Justin Carl Pfeiffer, a former associate at the Houston firm of Berg & Androphy, was not owed any of the back pay he so contentiously claimed. At trial, Mr. Pfeiffer demanded $50,000 in back pay. He claimed he was […]
Jury Refuses to Find Against Odessa Pumps; Awards It $2.4 Million
HOUSTON – A Harris County jury awarded AZA client Odessa Pumps $2.4 million in attorneys’ fees in a breach of contract case against GR Energy and its affiliates over a 2021 asset purchase. GR Energy sought approximately $30 million but took nothing. This is AZA’s 17th trial this year. In winning this case, it has […]
Judge Sanctions Lawyers, Client $525,000 and Orders Ethics Training
HOUSTON – Harris County Judge Elaine Palmer issued a remarkable sanction of $525,000 against lawyers Michael D. Sydow, Chidi D. Anunobi and their client Iron Oak, a litigation management company. The judge also required that Messrs. Sydow and Anunobi must each take 10 hours of ethics CLE each year for the next five years. At […]
Texas Lawyer Honors AZA on Watch List for Diversity and Appellate Practice
HOUSTON – Texas Lawyer recognizes AZA as a Texas firm that is thriving and “should be on everybody’s radar” both for its successful newly launched appellate practice and its diversity and inclusion. “Texas Lawyer has recognized AZA as a litigation department of the year three times in various categories. We are pleased to see the […]
AZA Wins Summary Judgment for Saltgrass Restaurant in Contract Case
HOUSTON – A federal judge granted Saltgrass Steak House’s motion for summary judgment in a contract feud with a neighboring landowner over whether a new BJ’s restaurant could replace a closed Joe’s Crab Shack. This case concerns a 2006 easement agreement between Joe’s Crab Shack Real Estate Holdings, Inc. and Saltgrass, Inc. At the time of […]
AZA Wins Appeal for Energy Sector Company at U.S. Fifth Circuit
HOUSTON – The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Fair Labor Standards Act case summary judgment win for AZA client FMC Technologies Inc., a global provider of technology services for the energy industry. An installation engineer at FMC made a Fair Labor Standards Act claim that he, and numerous other installation engineers like […]
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