HOUSTON – John Zavitsanos, a co-founder of AZA, was named to the Lawdragon 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know 2025.
Lawdragon editors wrote that they researched the innovation, focus and drive these 100 lawyers around the nation bring to their firms. Their list has “representatives from firms large and small, corporate and litigation, plaintiff and defense, all selected for their roles founding, growing, leading and innovating on behalf of a legal enterprise seeking change, profit, to be a home, a voice.”
Mr. Zavitsanos has previously been named to Lawdragon’s most prestigious 500 Leading Lawyers in America list and its 500 Leading Litigators in America, 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers and 500 Leading Energy Lawyers lists.
He has also received many other national honors. He has tried more than 100 cases to verdict in litigation that runs the gamut, and he is one of a handful of lawyers in Texas to achieve a Band 1 ranking in both commercial litigation and trial expertise by the London-based Chambers and Partners. He is the primary author of O’Connor’s Texas Rules * Civil Trials 2018-2025, the premiere civil trial rules guide for Texas lawyers and judges.
AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, is a Houston-based law firm that is home to true courtroom lawyers with a formidable track record in complex commercial litigation, including energy, healthcare, intellectual property and business dispute cases. AZA is recognized by Chambers USA 2024 as among the best in Texas in commercial law and intellectual property; has been listed by Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firms as one of the country’s best commercial litigation firms for 13 years; has been named Litigation Department of the Year by Texas Lawyer three times; and was previously dubbed a Texas Powerhouse law firm by Law360.