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AZA Named the Fastest-Growing Middle-Market Law Firm by Houston Business Journal
HOUSTON – The Houston Business Journal’s rankings of the fastest-growing middle-market businesses in the Houston region named AZA as the fastest-growing law firm. AZA ranked 14th among all area middle-market businesses based on percent of revenue growth for the last two years. The list includes companies in law, construction, design, plastics, architecture, homes, engineering and hotels. See the list […]
AZA Associates Applaud Work Quality & Put Firm in Top 3 Texas Midsized Firms
HOUSTON – AZA associates responding to the Vault Annual Associate Survey anonymously praised the firm for quality work and in doing so raised the firm to top 3 among Texas midsized law firms. Vault is a national organization that offers young lawyers career guidance and industry insights. Each year it conducts anonymous surveys of law firm associates to get […]
AZA Lawyer Thomas Frashier Named Outstanding Young Lawyer
HOUSTON – The Houston Young Lawyers Association (HYLA) named AZA associate Thomas Frashier as the Outstanding Young Lawyer for 2026. The annual award recognizes a young lawyer in Houston who best demonstrates professional proficiency, service to the profession and service to the community. This is the second time an AZA associate has been awarded this honor. […]
AZA Makes BTI Super Listener A-Team 2026, Ranked by Clients for Best at Business Development
HOUSTON – AZA was named to a national list of the most effective business developers in BTI Super Listener A-Team 2026: Clients Rank Law Firms Best at Business Development. The list compiled by BTI, which specializes in strategic legal market research, is largely populated by national Big Law firms. BTI polls general counsels and other […]
John Zavitsanos Named Again to Lawdragon 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know
HOUSTON – John Zavitsanos, a co-founder of AZA, was named to the Lawdragon 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know 2026 honorees list. He also made this list in 2025. Lawdragon editors said of the awarded lawyers: “They inspire and lead as never before. They are impassioned, inclusive and represent a new era of what it looks like to […]
AZA Partner Monica Uddin Honored with Premier Women in the Law Award
HOUSTON – AZA partner Monica Uddin was honored by the Association of Women Attorneys Foundation (AWAF) with a Premier Women in the Law Award at a March 31 celebratory luncheon. The AWAF is a charitable group that honors exceptional women lawyers and funds scholarships and fellowships for outstanding Houston law students. Award winners are chosen for their […]
Four AZA Lawyers Named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers List
HOUSTON – Four of AZA’s lawyers in the Houston and Dallas offices were named as 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers. John Zavitsanos, an AZA co-founder, is a repeat honoree for his expertise in commercial litigation, intellectual property and securities. His trial work, like that of the other AZA lawyers named, includes cases on both […]
AZA Name Partner Todd Mensing Again Named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in Environmental Law
HOUSTON – AZA name partner Todd Mensing was once again named to Lawdragon’s list of The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental Lawyers. Mr. Mensing, who focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, was honored for the fourth year for his work in environmental litigation. He is recognized among the top lawyers in the nation for commercial litigation and construction litigation […]
AZA’s $78.5 Million Patent Infringement Win Among 2025’s Top 10 National Patent Verdicts
HOUSTON – AZA’s East Texas jury win over Samsung Electronics Co. made Law360’s The Top Patent Damages in 2025 (subscription required). In September 2025, a federal jury awarded AZA’s client Anonymous Media Research Holdings the full $78,512,999 requested from Samsung for infringing on two patents. The jury in U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap’s Eastern District of Texas court heard […]
AZA Opens Dallas Office in January 2026
DALLAS – AZA in January 2026 will break its 32-year tradition and open a second office. The 64-lawyer Houston trial boutique is branching out to Dallas with offices in the downtown Trammell Crow Center. The plan is to have 10 lawyers in Dallas within 12 months, although the office will launch with 5 lawyers. Intellectual […]
AZA Wins First Texas Business Court Trial
AZA successfully represented Marathon Oil Company (recently acquired by ConocoPhillips) in the first trial held in the newly established Texas Business Courts. After a five-day trial, Business Court Judge Melissa Andrews ruled that Marathon validly invoked force majeure and was not liable for $26.5 million in damages related to natural gas deliveries it could not […]
AZA Partner Shahmeer Halepota Awarded Fourth Rising Star Honor in Six Months
HOUSTON – Partner Shahmeer Halepota has once again been honored by a legal group as a rising star in the profession. The National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML), a 30-year-old organization, named Mr. Halepota as its Rising Star Award recipient at the group’s annual conference in Irvine, Calif., this month. The NAML award is […]
AZA Honored by Best Law Firms for 14th Year and in Multiple Categories
HOUSTON – AZA is being recognized for the 14th year among the Best Law Firms in Houston and nationally by The Best Lawyers in America. This year, it is honored as a Tier 1 Houston firm for its appellate work and in five categories of litigation – commercial, intellectual property, employment law for management, construction and personal […]
AZA and Four Lawyers Ranked Highly by Legal 500 City Elite
HOUSTON – The AZA law firm and four of its leading trial lawyers were among those ranked highly for Houston commercial disputes by Legal 500. John Zavitsanos, Todd Mensing, Tim Shelby and Daryl Moore were all ranked in the award platform’s City Elite rankings. Legal500 has been benchmarking excellence in law since 1987, focusing mainly on global law firms with corporate clients. They have recently […]
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