Posts Tagged ‘complex commercial litigation’
AZA Earns National Honors for Best Client Relationships
HOUSTON – The Houston-based litigation and intellectual property firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has been named as one of the country’s top law firms for client relations based on a survey of national corporate counsel and business executives. AZA was ranked in the BTI Power Rankings 2016 listing of firms with top client […]
AZA Argues Newspaper Defamation Case Before Texas Supreme Court
AUSTIN, Texas – Attorney Jane Langdell Robinson, Of Counsel with Houston’s AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, recently argued before the Texas Supreme Court that media reporting on the private lives of a public employee’s family members are not entitled to enhanced protection under the First Amendment when the reporting is not on a matter […]
Houston Janitorial Service Wins $7.8 Million from Union Over Disparagement
HOUSTON – A Harris County jury has delivered a $5.3 million verdict against the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for wrongly disparaging Professional Janitorial Service of Houston when the company refused to recognize the union without a secret ballot by its employees. The judge added $2.5 million in prejudgment interest for a total of $7.8 […]
Nine Attorneys from Houston’s AZA Named to Texas Super Lawyers List
HOUSTON – Nine attorneys with the Houston-based litigation firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, have been named to the 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list, an annual rating of the state’s most outstanding lawyers. This year, partners Joseph Ahmad, John Zavitsanos, Demetrios Anaipakos and Todd Mensing also received recognition for being among the Top 100 […]
Nine AZA Lawyers Named Among Nation’s Best for Commercial, Patent Litigation
HOUSTON – Nine lawyers with the Houston commercial litigation firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, have earned selection to the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for their work in commercial and intellectual property litigation. Best Lawyers, one of the most respected lawyer guides in the country, lists AZA attorneys Joseph Ahmad, […]
AZA Wins Sanctions Order Against Wells Fargo in Securities Fraud Lawsuit
NEW YORK – A federal judge in New York has sanctioned Wells Fargo Securities LLC for failing to comply with an order in March to produce documents and witnesses for depositions in the securities fraud suit brought by European bank LBBW Luxemburg S.A. The sanctions order is the latest win achieved by lawyers with the […]
Houston Lawyer Todd Mensing of AZA Earns Martindale-Hubbell’s Highest Rating
HOUSTON – Commercial litigation attorney Todd Mensing of the Houston law firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent peer review rating, the highest possible ranking by the respected guide to the nation’s top lawyers. The annual listing bases its ratings on confidential reviews from attorneys and judges. Mr. Mensing earned […]
Bankruptcy Trustee Dismisses Case After Expert Fails On Cross Examination
HOUSTON – The trustee for a bankrupt company decided to drop his lawsuit after watching his expert witness cross examined by an attorney from AZA(AZA), clearing AZA’s clients of claims that they received fraudulently transferred company assets. Rodney Tow, trustee for the estate of the Peterson Group Inc., a Houston real estate development company, had […]
AZA Partner John Zavitsanos Discusses Trial Techniques in Law360 Article
HOUSTON – From reading the Rules of Evidence before each trial to using pop culture references with jurors, John Zavitsanos, co-founding partner of AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, recently discussed his trial techniques with the national legal news service Law360. In the article, “Trial Pros: Ahmad Zavitsanos’ John Zavitsanos,” the noted Houston lawyer talked […]
Jefferson County Jury Clears Beaumont Motel in Premises Liability Case
BEAUMONT, Texas– An East Texas jury has completely cleared a Beaumont motel accused of negligence by a woman who claimed a self-closing pool gate injured her ankle. Plaintiff Donna Rudolph was staying with family at the Americas Best Value Inn in August 2012, when she claimed the pool’s self-closing gate hit her ankle. She said […]
Court OKs Litigation Financing in Delaware Intellectual Property Case
WILMINGTON, Delaware – In a closely watched case involving litigation financing, a Delaware judge refused to dismiss the matter, finding that third-party financing can be used to support a lawsuit. The ruling came in an intellectual property lawsuit filed by Boston-based Charge Injection Technologies Inc. (CIT) against Delaware-based E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. The […]
Nine from Houston’s AZA Law Firm Earn 2016 Texas Rising Stars Honors
HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, is proud to announce that nine attorneys from the Houston-based trial law firm have been named to the 2016 Texas Rising Stars list, which recognizes the state’s leading young lawyers. AZA partner Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher and associates Jamie Alan Aycock, Sammy Ford IV, Benjamin Foster, Tiffany Joudi, […]
AZA Lawyer Adam Milasincic Featured in Legal Magazine Cover Story
HOUSTON – Trial attorney Adam Milasincic of Houston’s Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, or AZA, is the focus of a cover story published in the Super Lawyers Magazine’s Texas Rising Stars 2016 edition, which recognizes the top young attorneys in the state. The magazine is published by Thomson Reuters legal division, which selects the […]
Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Fort Bend Defamation Case
HOUSTON – The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a defamation lawsuit filed against a Houston-area newspaper and a reporter who wrote a false story attacking the local chief deputy sheriff and his son. The reporter, who previously worked at the sheriff’s department, blamed the chief deputy when she was fired after […]
AZA Named Among Both Top Energy, Top IP Law Firms in Houston Law Guide
HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has been ranked among both the top energy and top intellectual property (IP) law firms in the 2016 edition of the Houston Business Journal Law Guide, which lists the city’s leading firms in several areas of legal expertise. AZA is ranked alongside some of the city’s largest […]
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