Ayesha Najam

Practice Areas

Complex Commercial Litigation

Antitrust Litigation

Energy Litigation

Construction Litigation

Career

“She is a consummate professional and unflappable. She is a great trial lawyer.”

- Chambers 2023

"She's a really good lawyer and very skilled. She's a tough negotiator."

“She's responsive and very astute at grasping the business issues.”

“She just knocks it out of the park and is a terrific lawyer.”

“She's a fabulous lawyer; just very knowledgeable, hard-working and all-around very good.”

- Chambers 2022, 2021

With a focus on energy, construction, and law partnership disputes, Ayesha has over a decade of litigation experience. Her client base has spanned a swath of industries, including energy, manufacturing, health care, software, construction, and commercial real estate.

Publications

Speaker: “Legal Pitfalls Small Businesses Make: What You Need to Know to Avoid Costly Mistakes,” South Asian Chamber of Commerce, September 12, 2024, Houston, TX

“Overview of Texas’s New Business Courts for Commercial Disputes and General Comparison to Other States’ Business Court Structures,” in Proceedings of the Institute on Energy Law - The Center for American and International Law, Seventy-Fifth Annual Institute on Energy Law by Barrett Reasoner, Ayesha Najam and Erica Krennerich (LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2024)

Panelist: “Texas New Business Courts: What Attorneys and Businesses Need to Know,” Institute for Energy Law – 75th Annual Energy Law Conference, February 22, 2024, Houston, TX

Panelist: “Texas Business Courts: What Lawyers and Businesses Need to Know,” The South Asian Bar Association of Houston, September 29, 2023, Houston, TX

Moderator: Summer Associate Luncheon, HBA Diversity & Inclusion Committee, June 22, 2021, Zoom Session

Panelist: “APA Women Charting Successful Career Paths,” State Bar of Texas APIS, December 10, 2020, Zoom Session

Panelist: “In the Courtroom: Making the Presentation to Win,” Young Litigator Oil & Gas Conference, November 13, 2019, Spring, TX

Panelist: “’Objection: I Don’t Like This Testimony.’ Honing and Owning Your Trial Skills,” Asian Pacific Interest Section of the State Bar of Texas, 23rd Annual Conference, April 26, 2018, Austin, TX

Speaker: “What Attorneys Expect from Systems Administrators Preserving & Collecting ESI and from Computer Forensics Experts” University of Houston – Computer Forensics Class, April 2013, Houston, TX

Panelist: “The Beginning of the End: Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Run-up to Trial,” North American South Asian Bar Association (NASABA) Convention, June 25, 2011, Los Angeles, CA

Speaker: “Your Honor, May It Please The Court…”: Working in the Area That Best Suits Your Interests, National Association of Muslim Lawyers Annual Conference, April 2006, Washington, DC