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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 […]

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 […]

Eleven AZA Lawyers Named Lawdragon Leading Litigators  

HOUSTON – Eleven partners at AZA were named by Lawdragon among the 500 top litigators in the nation, who they have called “the advisors you want to send into battle.”  Lawyers named in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America were selected based on journalistic research, submissions and vetting. Lawdragon said of these top […]

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 […]

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, […]

Five AZA Partners Named Leading Litigators in America 

HOUSTON – Lawdragon named five AZA partners to its list of Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America.  Firm co-founders Joe Ahmad and John Zavitsanos were named along with partners Todd Mensing, Jane Langdell Robinson, and Monica Uddin. Lawdragon said this list was “dedicated to those attorneys who excel representing principally corporations and other organizations in […]

AZA Recovers $5.1 Million After Four-Week Jury Trial  

GALVESTON – After four weeks in trial, AZA’s client, the daughter of a hardworking red snapper fisherman, agreed to a $5.1 million settlement in a probate dispute over revenue from her father’s fishing interests.   The settlement reached as jury deliberations were underway amounted to five-times actual damages against the defendants. The defendants had offered $0 to settle the dispute before trial.  “The handwriting was […]

AZA Names 3 New Partners with Commercial Litigation, IP Heft 

HOUSTON – Three accomplished trial lawyers have been promoted to partner at AZA. They are commercial litigators Monica Uddin and Taylor Freeman and intellectual property lawyer  Masood Anjom. Ms. Uddin joined AZA 10 years ago after graduation from the University of Chicago Law School. Since then, she has achieved a long list of courtroom successes, trying cases ranging from partnership breakups to trade secret and patent disputes. Her clients […]

Three More AZA Lawyers Elected Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation  

HOUSTON – Three AZA associates have been elected fellows of the invitation-only philanthropic Texas Bar Foundation.   Monica Uddin, Edward “Ward” Goolsby and Nathan Campbell join 14 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 are selected for […]

Eleven AZA Associates Make US List of ‘Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch’ for 2021 

HOUSTON – Eleven associates with trial law firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, have been named to the list of “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” which honors attorneys for outstanding professional excellence early in their careers.    The honorees are Weining Bai, Cameron Byrd, Nathan Campbell, Justin Chen, Rey Flores, Justin Rowinsky, Neal Sarkar, Monica Uddin, Kelsi Stayart White and Patrick Yarborough, all selected for their commercial litigation work, and Kyril Talanov, chosen […]

Nine AZA Lawyers Earn 2020 Texas Rising Stars Accolades 

HOUSTON – AZA is proud to announce that nine of its attorneys have been named to the 2020 Texas Rising Stars list, which recognizes the state’s leading young lawyers.   For the fourth straight year, AZA associate Sammy Ford IV was named a “Top 100 Texas Up & Coming” lawyer for his business litigation skills. Also recognized in the business litigation practice area this […]

Ten AZA Lawyers Earn 2019 Texas Rising Stars Accolades

HOUSTON – AZA, is proud to announce that 10 AZA attorneys have been named to the 2019 Texas Rising Stars list, which recognizes the state’s leading young lawyers. For the third consecutive year, AZA associate Sammy Ford IV was named a “Top 100 Texas Up & Coming” lawyer for his business litigation skills. Also recognized […]

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 […]

Nine from Houston’s AZA Law Firm Earn 2017 Texas Rising Stars Honors

HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, is pleased to announce that nine firm attorneys have been named to the 2017 Texas Rising Stars list, which recognizes the state’s leading young lawyers. AZA associate Sammy Ford IV was named a “Top 100 Texas Up & Coming” lawyer for his personal injury litigation skills. Associates […]

AZA Lawyer Monica Uddin Quoted in Houston Media for Airport Immigration Aid

HOUSTON – Monica Uddin, an associate at AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, was featured in the Houston Chronicle and Houstonia magazine for her pro bono work helping immigrants detained at Houston’s international airport. Ms. Uddin was quoted in a front-page Houston Chronicle story headlined, Lawyers, aiding those caught in Trump travel ban, sense new […]

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