Posts Tagged ‘Michael A. Killingsworth’
Jury Awards AZA Client $78.5 Million in Patent Infringement Case Against Samsung
MARSHALL, Texas – After a five-day trial, a federal jury awarded AZA’s client Anonymous Media Research Holdings the full $78,512,999 requested from Samsung Electronics Co. for infringing on two patents. The jury in U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap’s Eastern District of Texas court heard how Samsung improperly used two Anonymous Media patents covering methods for improving automatic […]
Twenty-Five AZA Lawyers Named 2025 Texas Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
HOUSTON – Twenty-five AZA lawyers earned 2025 recognition by Texas Super Lawyers as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars for excellence, largely in business litigation, intellectual property 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 […]
AZA Client Victimized by Viral, False Rumor Featured in Major National Media, Including NY Times and NBC
HOUSTON – AZA client Mary Kate Cornett, a typical Ole Miss freshman, saw her life turned upside down in the worst conceivable way when vicious, false rumors about her were spread on social media and then amplified by sports media personalities, including ESPN’s Pat McAfee. The young Houston woman’s terrifying story first spread in late […]
AZA Wins Take-Nothing Judgment from Jury for Ex-Directors of Chinatown Plaza
HOUSTON – AZA lawyers convinced a Harris County jury to award nothing on a million-dollar claim against former board directors of the largest shopping plaza in Houston’s Chinatown. The former directors of Dun Huang Plaza Association Inc. were sued by their largest tenant Lily He and her company Sun9028 Inc. The claim was for fraud […]
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 Wins Three Trials in Just Two Weeks in May
HOUSTON – In just two weeks in May, AZA lawyers won three trials. They won for a fuel company in a take-nothing judgment, the Port of Houston in an employment dispute and a medical group quelling a fraud claim. These were the ninth, 10th and 11th cases AZA lawyers have already tried to verdict or […]
AZA Client Port of Houston Wins $28 Million Jury Verdict in Federal Court
HOUSTON – A jury in U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes’ court returned a $28 million verdict for the Port of Houston in a breach of contract dispute with French merchant firm Louis Dreyfus Company. The dispute was over Louis Dreyfus’ refusal to do required upkeep on a portside grain elevator it rented from the government […]
National and International Media Cover Discrimination Lawsuit Filed by AZA Client Dr. Hasan Gokal, Improperly Accused of Stealing COVID-19 Vaccine
HOUSTON – Dr. Hasan Gokal’s discrimination lawsuit against Harris County has received local, national, and even international media attention. AZA’s client Dr. Gokal had been through hell since a late December 2020 evening when he worked heroically to get some about-to-be-expired COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of people who needed it. But his employer, Harris County Public […]
TeamHealth Emergency Physician Group Wins $9.4 Million Arkansas Jury Verdict for Underpayment by Centene Corporation
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A six-person jury on Tuesday awarded a $9.4 million verdict on behalf of Southeastern Emergency Physicians, LLC, an affiliate of TeamHealth Inc., finding that Centene Corporation and Ambetter, Novasys and Celtic, its commercial insurance subsidiaries, systematically tried to strip the 120 emergency clinicians in the physician’s group of most of their […]
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