HOUSTON - Six AZA lawyers were named to digital media company Lawdragon’s 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, a national list of the “future leaders of the law.”
Partners Jason McManis, Jordan Warshauer and Kelsi Stayart White, and associates Weining Bai, Michael Gorrell and Michael Killingsworth were honored for their legal proficiencies. The list of these lawyers expected to significantly influence the legal landscape in coming years is available here.
Mses. Warshauer and White and Messrs. Gorrell and KIllingsworth were honored for their commercial litigation excellence. Ms. White’s honor included her appellate expertise.
Messrs. McManis and Bai were honored for their mastery of intellectual property litigation. Mr. Bai was also honored for his work in commercial litigation.
This is Lawdragon’s second year to name the next generation’s top lawyers nationally. The site said it considered thousands of lawyers for this guide that takes an “unsurpassed and fresh take on excellence in the law.” The inaugural year honored AZA lawyers Messrs. McManis and Bai and Ms. White.
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 12 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.