Posts Tagged ‘complex commercial litigation’
National Oilwell Varco Wins $12 Million After Discovering Ex-Employees’ Fraud
HOUSTON – A federal judge awarded $12.2 million to National Oilwell Varco (NOV) from three former high-level employees based in Dubai who participated in various schemes to defraud and siphon funds from the company. After receiving a whistleblower complaint through NOV’s internal compliance hotline, the global oilfield services company conducted a thorough investigation that ultimately […]
AZA Lawyers Named Among Nation’s Best for Commercial, Patent Litigation and Appellate Law
HOUSTON – Ten lawyers with Houston trial law firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, won national recognition in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. AZA partners Joe Ahmad, John Zavitsanos, Demetrios Anaipakos, Amir Alavi, Todd Mensing, Steve Mitby, Tim Shelby and Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher, and of counsel David Warden and Jane […]
Vault Ranks AZA Among Top Mid-Sized US Law Firms, Citing Work Quality, Hiring Selectivity
HOUSTON – AZA is ranked among the nation’s top mid-sized law firms and among the top 10 for quality of work and top 15 for hiring selectivity by Vault rankings. Vault, which just released its 20th law firm ranking guide to help law students and lawyers, included AZA in its “Top 150 Under 150.” This […]
AZA Meets Big Law Pay Scale Starting New Lawyers at $195k
HOUSTON – John Zavitsanos, a founding partner of Houston trial lawyer boutique AZA or AZA, announced today that the firm will match the $195,000 salary and bonus for new lawyers started by Big Law. But he said the cost to AZA clients will not go up. The added expense will come out of profits. We […]
AZA Has Many Houston Clients Among Nations’ Most Valuable Branded Companies
HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has many clients among the Houston companies recognized on Brand Finance’s list of 500 Most Valuable American Brands for 2018. The Houston Business Journal reported on the Bayou City’s top brands in “Study: These Houston companies rank among America’s most valuable brands” and the Houston Chronicle included […]
AZA Partner John Zavitsanos Organizes Summit on Religious Freedom
NEW YORK – AZA founding partner John Zavitsanos helped organize leaders of the Greek Orthodox Church in the United States for a religious freedom summit focusing on the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and Turkey. Mr. Zavitsanos helped gather 30 Orthodox Christians who were guided by Archbishop Demetrios, head of the Greek Orthodox […]
AZA Ranked Again Among Top Texas Commercial Litigation Firms by Prestigious Chambers USA
HOUSTON – For the fifth year, Houston trial law boutique AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has been named among Texas’ top general commercial litigation firms in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. AZA lawyers were described in the 2018 edition as “robust litigation specialists with a fast-growing reputation as a feared opponent for established national […]
AZA Scores One of the Nation’s Top 100 Verdicts of 2017
HOUSTON – The National Law Journal and VerdictSearch rated AZA’s $41.6 Million jury win for client Prime Natural Resources in a Wellsure insurance dispute as one of the top verdicts nationally for 2017. The Harris County jury verdict in the breach of contract case was listed as the 46th largest in the U.S. The list […]
AZA’s Patrick Yarborough Elected to Houston Young Lawyers Association Board
HOUSTON – AZA lawyer Patrick Yarborough has been elected to the board of directors of the Houston Young Lawyers Association, which has nine elected positions. Houston Young Lawyers Association (HYLA) is Houston’s young professionals’ organization and specialty bar association founded in 1937. Membership includes law students, lawyers who are 36 or younger, or those in […]
AZA Wins $1.9 Million Contract Case for CITGO in Delaware Court
WILMINGTON, Delaware – A Delaware Superior Court Judge ruled in favor of CITGO Petroleum Corp., granting a summary judgment in a lawsuit filed against the oil refiner and marketer by Sunline Commercial Carriers. Sunline, a trucking and railway transportation company, claimed CITGO owed money on a one-year oil supply contract that had already expired. Judge […]
Fourteen AZA Lawyers Earn 2018 Texas Rising Stars Accolades
HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, is proud to announce that 14 firm attorneys have been named to the 2018 Texas Rising Stars list, which recognizes the state’s leading young lawyers. For the second consecutive year, AZA associate Sammy Ford IV was named a “Top 100 Texas Up & Coming” lawyer for his business litigation […]
AZA Wins Texas Supreme Court Patent Agent Privilege Case That Could Have National Import
HOUSTON – The Texas Supreme Court has become the first state high court to recognize that communications between non-lawyer patent agents and inventor clients are protected by attorney-client privilege. The Texas court found that inventor Andrew Silver, represented by AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, would not have to reveal emails between him and his patent agent […]
Former NOV Employee Begins Serving Prison Term for Felony Theft
HOUSTON – Former National Oilwell Varco, L.P., (NOV) management employee Royce G. Binnion Jr. recently began serving a five-year prison term for first-degree felony theft, an outgrowth of a civil suit judgment lawyers at AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing secured for client NOV. Mr. Binnion was convicted of perpetrating a long-running scheme in which […]
Jury Asks to Award More Than Requested in Case AZA Joined on Eve of Trial
HOUSTON – Federal court jurors asked the judge if they could award a larger amount plus attorneys’ fees to a company represented by AZA lawyers in a breach of contract case. That remarkable query came in a trial in which attorneys from AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, joined at the last minute, something AZA […]
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