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Prestigious Chambers USA Ranks AZA for 12th Year and Honors Seven Firm Lawyers

HOUSTON – Chambers USA, the gold standard of legal ratings, gave AZA top ratings in Texas for two practice areas and ranked seven lawyers. This is the12th year AZA was rated in the general commercial litigation category and the fifth year for its intellectual property (IP) practice. “The firm sets the bar for excellence in […]

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 […]

Todd Mensing Again Named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in Environmental Law 

HOUSTON – AZA name partner Todd Mensing has been named to Lawdragon’s  list of The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental Lawyers – The Green 500.  Lawdragon says honorees are “lawyers who spend their lives helping address our world, whether on behalf of a corporation that delivers energy or develops homes, or an organization that fights […]

AZA’s $41M Verdict Makes Another National List of Top 100 Verdicts for 2023  

HOUSTON – An AZA unanimous jury verdict for a Houston-based energy company was named among the 2023 Top 100 Verdicts in the United States complied by TopVerdict.com.   The $41.8 million win from a South Texas jury in an oil and gas trespass case against Energy Transfer was also on The National Law Journal’s Top 100 […]

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 […]

AZA Named to 2023 National Top Verdict List

HOUSTON – One of AZA’s unanimous jury verdicts for a Houston-based energy company was named in the National Law Journal’s Top 100 Verdicts of 2023.   The verdict was a $41.8 million win from a South Texas jury in an oil and gas trespass case against Energy Transfer. The McMullen County jury found AZA client […]

International IP Guide Again Counts AZA Among Top Texas Patent Trial Firms

HOUSTON – The internationally prestigious IAM World’s Leading Patent Professionals once again has named AZA among the top patent trial firms in Texas and highly ranked two of the firm’s partners. The international guide called AZA “a first stop for important IP litigation matters.” It said the firm is distinguished by remarkable trial victories, adding, […]

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. […]

AZA Wins Appeal for Energy Giant 

HOUSTON – The Supreme Court of Texas agreed with AZA’s appellate team when it found that a trial court abused its discretion when it failed to dismiss a case against energy giant Weatherford International.  The justices found on April 26 that Weatherford could not be sued in a Texas court. The case was filed by […]

Name Partner Todd Mensing Again Named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in Environmental Law  

HOUSTON – AZA partner Todd Mensing has been named to Lawdragon’s list of the 2024 Leaders in Environmental Law.   Lawdragon wrote that honorees were selected using its “time-honed process of journalistic reporting, nominations and vetting with peers and experts in environmental law.”  Mr. Mensing, who focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, was honored […]

Ten AZA Lawyers Make 2023 Super Lawyers List; Two are Top in Texas 

HOUSTON – Ten AZA lawyers earned 2023 recognition by Texas Super Lawyers for excellence 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 writes […]

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 […]

AZA Wins Dismissal of California Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against International Energy Company   

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A federal judge in California granted summary judgment for an international energy company represented by AZA in a $10 million offshore platform wrongful death case.   U.S. District Judge Fred W. Slaughter ruled that AZA’s energy company client had no liability for an offshore platform accident in which a platform worker fell […]

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, […]

AZA Wins Appeal for Energy Sector Company at U.S. Fifth Circuit

HOUSTON – The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Fair Labor Standards Act case summary judgment win for AZA client FMC Technologies Inc., a global provider of technology services for the energy industry. An installation engineer at FMC made a Fair Labor Standards Act claim that he, and numerous other installation engineers like […]

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