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Six AZA Lawyers Named to Lawdragon’s 2025 500 X – The Next Generation of Leading Lawyers in America  

HOUSTON – Six AZA lawyers made Lawdragon’s 2025 500 X – The Next Generation list that forecasts “a fascinating future of global law practice.”  Partners Weining Bai, Jason McManis, Jordan Warshauer and Kelsi Stayart White were named along with associates Michael Gorrell and Michael Killingsworth. The full list is here.  “They’re also mesmerizing, multi-talented, dedicated, […]

Firefighter Settles with City of Houston in Revenge Porn Case 

HOUSTON – Houston City Council today approved an $850,000 settlement with a female firefighter whose supervisor obtained an intimate video made for her husband and secretly watched it for years.  The vote settled the city’s portion of the litigation filed by former Houston Fire Department Capt. Melinda Abbt. In November 2023, a jury awarded her […]

Thirteen AZA Attorneys Earn Texas Rising Stars Honor

HOUSTON – Thirteen AZA lawyers were selected to the 2024 Texas Rising Stars list of leading young attorneys in the state, an honor based on peer nominations and independent research.    Partners Cameron Byrd, Nathan Campbell, Taylor Freeman, Edward “Ward” Goolsby, Shahmeer Halepota, Jason McManis, Jordan Warshauer and Kelsi Stayart White were named to the […]

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 […]

Twenty-Six AZA Lawyers Honored as Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch  

HOUSTON – Twenty-six AZA lawyers, more than half of all the attorneys in the litigation boutique, were honored in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the nation’s oldest peer review guide to leading lawyers.    Thirteen AZA lawyers were named Best Lawyers and another 13 were named as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, […]

Thirteen AZA Attorneys Earn Texas Rising Stars Honor 

HOUSTON – Thirteen AZA lawyers were selected to the 2023 Texas Rising Stars list of leading young attorneys, an honor based on independent research and peer nominations.   Partners Taylor Freeman, Edward “Ward” Goolsby, Shahmeer Halepota and Jason McManis were named to the list, which is a part of Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers. Associates Weining Bai, […]

Seven Young AZA Lawyers Ranked among Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for 2023      

HOUSTON – Seven lawyers with AZA are being recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America as among the top young attorneys in the U.S.   Seven firm lawyers earned the special distinction as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, which recognizes leading lawyers in practice less than 10 years. Those honorees are […]

AZA Expands Sexual Harassment Protection in Major Appellate Win against City of Houston 

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in reversing a hostile work environment summary judgment order in a Houston firefighter’s case, set two new precedents in hostile work environment cases.   In Melinda Abbt v. City of Houston, the panel found the firefighter did not need to experience harassment in real time for […]

Two More AZA Lawyers Elected Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation 

HOUSTON – Two associates of AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C., have been elected fellows of the invitation-only philanthropic Texas Bar Foundation.  Jason McManis and Jordan Warshauer join 12 other AZA lawyers who already are fellows with the charitable group that was founded in 1965 to assist the public and improve the profession of law.   Fellows of the foundation […]

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