Posts Tagged ‘complex commercial litigation’
John Zavitsanos Again Named to The Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers
HOUSTON – John Zavitsanos, a co-founder of AZA, was named to The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers. Mr. Zavitsanos was a repeat honoree on the plaintiff financial lawyers list for his expertise in commercial litigation, intellectual property and securities. His trial work includes cases on both plaintiff and defense sides of the bar. […]
John Zavitsanos Named to Lawdragon 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know 2025 List
HOUSTON – John Zavitsanos, a co-founder of AZA, was named to the Lawdragon 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know 2025. Lawdragon editors wrote that they researched the innovation, focus and drive these 100 lawyers around the nation bring to their firms. Their list has “representatives from firms large and small, corporate and litigation, plaintiff […]
AZA Social Media Influencer Case Featured in The New York Times
In The New York Times story “Can You Copyright a Vibe?” reporter Sandra E. Garcia writes about two Texas influencers, one an AZA client, fighting an unprecedented legal battle in Austin federal court over their online similarities. AZA lawyers represent Alyssa Sheil, who was sued by another Instagram and TikTok poster who alleged that their […]
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 […]
Kevin Leyendecker Named Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
HOUSTON – AZA partner Kevin Leyendecker has been named a fellow of the invitation-only Litigation Counsel of America, an honorary society with a limited number of members. The Litigation Counsel of America was established to reflect the new face of the American bar. Membership in the group is limited nationally to 3,500 fellows, representing less […]
AZA Aids U.S. in Reaching $15 Million Baylor Heart Surgery Medicare Fraud Settlement
Whistleblower claim leads to record settlement for concurrent surgery fraud HOUSTON – Working in concert with the federal government for five years, lawyers at AZA saw their whistleblower client receive $3 million of the $15 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging that Houston surgeons were letting unqualified trainees perform parts of heart surgeries while the […]
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 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 […]
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