Posts Tagged ‘complex commercial litigation’
AZA Wins Two Top 2023 Texas Verdicts for Energy Companies
HOUSTON – Two of AZA’s unanimous jury verdicts on behalf of Houston-based energy companies were named by TopVerdict.com among the Top 50 Verdicts in Texas in 2023. AZA frequently makes top verdict lists in Texas and nationally. The full list for 2023 is available here: Top 50 Verdicts in Texas in 2023 – TopVerdict.com. 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 […]
AZA Names Four New Partners
HOUSTON – Cameron Byrd, Nathan Campbell, Jordan Warshauer and Kelsi Stayart White have been named partners at the trial and appellate boutique AZA. “This class of new partners is wildly accomplished and deserving of their promotions,” said AZA co-founder John Zavitsanos. The lawyers will officially become partners on Jan. 1, 2024. Mr. Byrd is […]
Jury Finds for Female Firefighter in Revenge Porn Case
HOUSTON – In a case that has already changed Texas sexual harassment law, a jury awarded $250,000 to a female firefighter whose supervisor obtained an intimate video made for her husband and secretly watched it for years. The jury awarded $80,000 in actual damages for mental anguish, $50,000 in punitive damages and $120,166 in […]
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 […]
Jury Awards AZA Client Mid Main $32.5 Million in Midtown Construction Case
HOUSTON – In a complex six-week case involving the construction of Houston Midtown apartments, a Harris County jury awarded Mid Main Properties LLP $32.5 million. The jury found that Patriot Contracting LLC, its owner and bond insurers Travelers must pay Mid Main. The award included about $17.5 million in punitive damages, $8 million in actual […]
Bancorp Sued for Forcing Pricey, Secret Insurance on Houston Apartment Complex
HOUSTON – Representing the owners of a Houston apartment complex, AZA filed a lawsuit against the Bancorp Bank, accusing the bank of intentional bad faith in forcing the complex to have a $2.3-million-a-year insurance policy when it could have obtained a less expensive policy that still fully protected the bank’s interests. The bank has refused […]
Nine AZA Lawyers Named 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators
HOUSTON – Nine partners at AZA were named by Lawdragon among the 500 top litigators in the nation who they call “the advisors you want to send into battle.” Lawyers named in the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America were selected based on journalistic research, submissions and vetting. This is its second edition “assessing America’s […]
AZA Co-Founders Honored as Best in Texas by Business Today
HOUSTON – Joe Ahmad and John Zavitsanos, the co-founders of AZA, have been listed by the online news platform Business Today among the 10 best lawyers in Texas and Houston. Just this week, Mr. Zavitsanos was named to a remarkable list of 2023 Top 10 Trailblazing Commercial Litigation Lawyers in Houston, Texas. “Recognized for their […]
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 […]
John Zavitsanos Named Again to Lawdragon’s 500 Top Plaintiff Financial Lawyers List
HOUSTON – AZA co-founding partner John Zavitsanos has been named once again to The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers. Mr. Zavitsanos is honored in the 2023 list for his representation of plaintiffs in commercial litigation, intellectual property, and securities litigation cases. In announcing the 2023 list, Lawdragon’s editors said of the honorees: “this […]
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