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AZA Co-Founder Joseph Ahmad Offers Tips on Courtroom Effectiveness in Interview with Law360

HOUSTON – Joseph Ahmad, founding partner of AZA or AZA, was interviewed extensively about his trial expertise for a story by national legal news service Law360 on how lawyers should handle themselves in the courtroom. In the article “The Art of Effective Body Language at Trial” (subscription required), several leading trial lawyers across the nation […]

Eight Lawyers with Houston Litigation Firm AZA Chosen for Texas Super Lawyers List

HOUSTON –Five name partners and three other lawyers with Houston litigation boutique AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, have earned selection to the 2015 Texas Super Lawyers, a listing of the state’s top lawyers. Three partners, Joseph Ahmad, John Zavitsanos and Todd Mensing, also are being recognized among the top 100 lawyers in Texas, as […]

Nine AZA Lawyers Named Among Nation’s Best for Commercial, Patent Litigation

HOUSTON – Nine lawyers from the nationally acclaimed Houston litigation boutique AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, are being recognized in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America based on their work in commercial litigation and patent litigation. AZA attorneys Joseph Ahmad, John Zavitsanos, Demetrios Anaipakos, Amir Alavi, Todd Mensing, Tim Shelby, Steve […]

Houston Appeals Court Says Corporate Officer Not Responsible for Debt

HOUSTON – The Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas in Houston has found that a Harris County trial court erred by holding a corporate officer responsible for the debts of a failed local spa. In a July 23 opinion, a three-judge panel from the appeals court found that Francie Willis, a corporate […]

AZA Named Among Top US Patent Firms in International IP Guide

HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing is recommended as one of the top seven U.S. plaintiff patent firms by the London-based intellectual property magazine Intellectual Asset Management (IAM). The magazine’s guide to the world’s top patent lawyers in key jurisdictions also named AZA partner Amir Alavi a silver-level recommended Texas patent litigator. Mr. […]

AZA Again Ranked Among Top Commercial Litigation Firms in Chambers USA

HOUSTON – The Houston trial law firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, again has earned recognition among the nation’s top commercial litigation firms in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In its Chambers USA profile, AZA is described by one client as a “very results-driven law firm, and the […]

AZA Named 2015 Litigation Department of the Year by Texas Lawyer Newspaper

HOUSTON – In recognition of the firm’s trial successes in 2014, AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has earned selection as a Litigation Department of the Year for 2015  by the publishers of Texas Lawyer newspaper. The annual honor recognizes the Texas-based litigation groups that have excelled during the previous year based on courtroom results. […]

National Oilwell Varco Beats Mud King In Stolen Trade Secrets Case

HOUSTON – Houston-based National Oilwell Varco LP (NYSE:NOV), the worldwide designer and manufacturer of oil and gas drilling and production equipment, has won nearly $400,000 from Mud King Products Inc. after a bankruptcy judge found that Mud King paid an NOV employee to steal hundreds of NOV’s secret mud pump blueprints that Mud King was […]

Midland Energy Tech Company Seeks Millions from Late Employee’s Estate

MIDLAND, Texas – Oilfield well-completion company Peak Completion Technologies Inc. has sued the estate of its late co-founder Ray Hofman, arguing he siphoned millions from the company for extravagant personal spending before he died in a plane crash. Midland, Texas-based Peak sued the estate of Mr. Hofman as well as his widow, Janna Fulfer Hofman, […]

Eight Attorneys from Houston’s AZA Earn Texas Rising Stars Recognition

HOUSTON – The Houston-based trial firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, is proud to announce that eight firm attorneys have been selected to the 2015 Texas Rising Stars list, which recognizes the state’s leading young lawyers. Selected to the 2015 listing in recognition of their business litigation work are AZA partners Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher […]

AZA Partner Tim Shelby Quoted in Texas Lawyer, Law360 on Litigation Amid Low Oil Prices

HOUSTON – The legal publications Texas Lawyer and Law360 recently called on commercial litigator Tim Shelby of AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, for his perspectives on how low oil prices are impacting the Texas legal landscape. Mr. Shelby regularly represents AZA’s clients in significant oil and gas cases. “There will be a serious and […]

AZA Promotes Prominent Litigator Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher to Partner

HOUSTON – Successful litigator Elizabeth “Lizzie” Pannill Fletcher has been promoted to partner at AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing. A fourth-generation Texas trial lawyer and native Houstonian, Ms. Fletcher has a lengthy track record of courtroom wins, including the July 2014 dismissal of a multimillion-dollar breach of contract and fraud lawsuit against a Houston […]

AZA Named Among Houston’s Top Energy, Intellectual Property Law Firms

HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has earned selection to the Houston Business Journal’s 2014-2015 list of leading local law firms, ranking among the largest energy and intellectual property legal practices in Houston. The lists in the just-released Houston Business Journal’s Book of Lists 2014-2015 are based on the number of energy and […]

Houston’s AZA Wins Client Choice – Texas IP Law Firm of the Year Honors

HOUSTON – The Houston law boutique AZA, or AZA, has been named the 2014 Client Choice – Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year in Texas by the firm’s clients and the publishers of Global Law Experts, a London-based international guide to leading attorneys. This is the second year in a row AZA has earned […]

Newspaper Report Focuses on Volunteer Firefighter Death Case

HOUSTON – The case of a Houston-area volunteer firefighter who was needlessly killed in a 2012 training exercise is the focus of a recent Houston Press cover story headlined, “When a Lesson Took a Dangerous Turn, a Room Full of Firefighters Couldn’t Save Neal Smith.” The story chronicles the death of Capt. Neal Wade Smith, […]

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