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Three AZA Partners Named to Lawdragon’s 2025 list of 500 Leading Energy Lawyers
HOUSTON – AZA partners Todd Mensing, Tim Shelby and John Zavitsanos were named for the first time to Lawdragon’s 2025 list of the nation’s 500 Leading Energy Lawyers. This is the fourth year Lawdragon has chosen a top 500 in the energy sphere. “The Energy 500 reflects the historic strength of a handful of firms […]
AZA Gets Lawyer’s Discrimination Lawsuit Against Post Oak Hotel Tossed
HOUSTON – A federal judge this week dismissed personal injury lawyer Willie Powells’ lawsuit against the Post Oak Hotel that claimed he was asked to remove a baseball cap only because he is Black, even though the hotel’s dress code bans baseball caps, beanies and bucket hats. U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal tossed the […]
Benchmark Litigation 2025 Honors AZA and Three Partners for Excellence
HOUSTON – Benchmark Litigation, a legal rating service which has recognized AZA since 2016, once again has honored the firm and partners Joe Ahmad, Jason McManis and John Zavitsanos. Messrs. Ahmad and Zavitsanos are listed as “Litigation Stars,” Mr. Ahmad for his work primarily representing executives in employment issues and Mr. Zavitsanos for his trial […]
Eleven AZA Lawyers Named Super Lawyers, Two in Top 100 for Texas
HOUSTON – Eleven AZA lawyers earned 2024 recognition by Texas Super Lawyers for excellence largely in business litigation, general litigation and appellate work. Firm co-founders Joe Ahmad and John Zavitsanos were once again listed among the Top 100 lawyers in Texas and in Houston. Mr. Zavitsanos is listed for business litigation expertise. Mr. Ahmad, who […]
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 Earns Prestigious Chambers USA Rankings for the 11th Year in a Row
HOUSTON – AZA earned top ratings in Texas for two practice areas and five individual lawyers from Chambers USA, the gold standard of legal ratings. This marks the 11th year AZA was rated in the general commercial litigation category and the fourth year for its intellectual property (IP) practice. “Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing are phenomenal. […]
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 Co-founders Ahmad and Zavitsanos Named Lawdragon Leading Lawyers in America
HOUSTON – AZA co-founders Joe Ahmad and John Zavitsanos were named to the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America list. Mr. Ahmad was cited for his work in commercial litigation and for expertise in labor and employment litigation, especially in executive representation. Mr. Zavitsanos was cited for his commercial litigation expertise. Messrs. Ahmad and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
AZA Client Raymond Chang Named ACC General Counsel of the Year After Hard-Earned Jury Win
HOUSTON – DistributionNOW (DNOW) General Counsel Raymond Chang was honored for his perseverance by the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook with the 2023 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for General Counsel of the Year for a Midsized Legal Department. Mr. Chang won in large part for the way he managed a grueling piece […]
Texas Jury returns nearly $9M verdict against Toby Eoff and others involved in conspiracy against energy giant
RICHMOND, TX – A unanimous Fort Bend County jury late Wednesday found that prominent Odessa businessman Toby Eoff willfully and maliciously conspired with other former employees of DistributionNOW (DNOW) to steal the energy sector giant’s trade secrets. The verdict included a finding that Mr. Eoff breached his fiduciary duty to Houston-based DNOW when he conspired […]
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