Demetrios Anaipakos Partner 3460 One Houston Center 1221 McKinney Street Houston, Texas 77010-2009 Phone: 713 655-1101 Fax: 713 655-0062 email: danaipakos@azalaw.com * Demetrios Anaipakos, born El Paso, Texas; admitted to Texas bar, 1995. Demetrios Anaipakos has rapidly become recognized as one of the most aggressive, young trial lawyers in Texas. As early as 1999, Mr. Anaipakos was profiled in a lengthy article in the Daily Court Review as a “Houston trial lawyer leaving his mark.” Since then, Mr. Anaipakos’ high-profile cases and courtroom victories have attracted local, state wide, and national attention. Mr. Anaipakos has appeared in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Chronicle, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Businessweek, the USA Today, the National Law Journal, the Texas Lawyer, and many other national and international periodicals. He has also appeared as a guest on Good Morning America, the CBS Early Show, the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, Moneyline with Lou Dobbs, Energy News Live, the BBC, as well as on several local and regional newscasts. Mr. Anaipakos represents Plaintiffs and Defendants in complex commercial cases, high-stakes employment matters, as well as catastrophic personal injury claims. Mr. Anaipakos has tried cases in both state and federal courts and has been counsel in several significant cases involving allegations of damages into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. Anaipakos has enjoyed a string of significant victories in the courtroom. For instance: In 1997, Mr. Anaipakos obtained summary judgment on behalf of his client, one of the world’s largest trailer and industrial manufacturers, in a multiple fatality wrongful death case seeking millions of dollars in damages. In August of 1997, Mr. Anaipakos was an active member of the trial team that successfully defended CBS and 60 Minutes in a high-profile defamation case tried to a jury in federal court in El Paso. After nearly two weeks of trial, the jury returned a defense verdict in favor of CBS and 60 Minutes. That case was later profiled as one of the nation’s most significant defense verdicts by the National Law Journal. In printed interviews with the press, Mr. Anaipakos’ co-counsel praised his performance: “In a word, he was absolute charm before a jury. If you’ve heard of consumer friendly, then Demetrios is jury friendly.” Mr. Anaipakos was also a member of the trial team that successfully obtained a jury verdict after nearly two months of trial in favor of a large oilfield services company. The amount of the judgment in favor of Mr. Anaipakos’ client exceeded twenty million dollars. In 1999, Mr. Anaipakos was the lead lawyer representing Chung’s Gourmet Foods, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of egg rolls and a wide range of gourmet Chinese foods, in a contentious dispute with a competitor. After nearly two weeks of trial, Mr. Anaipakos obtained a verdict and judgment in favor of his client in the amount of nearly eighteen million dollars. Dr. Gene Chung, founder of Chung’s Gourmet Foods, described Mr. Anaipakos in media articles discussing the case as a “very intelligent and hard working lawyer who cared about my company and my case. I was extremely impressed with the job he did. The jury loved him. He was very comfortable and confident in Court.” Mr. Anaipakos helped lead a multi-state class action against one of the world’s largest food manufacturers. The class of current and former customers was certified after extensive hearings in federal court in Utah. The case settled for an eight-figure sum after class certification had been approved. Mr. Anaipakos was hired on the verge of trial to represent an aircraft retooling, sales, and leasing company in a high-stakes dispute against a powerful, Saudi company. The dispute, which had been pending for several years before Mr. Anaipakos was hired, involved the proposed sale of the personal DC-10 jet of the King of Saudi Arabia. On the first day of trial in federal court, the Defendant capitulated, agreeing to settle with Mr. Anaipakos’ client for a seven-figure sum. Mr. Anaipakos was lead counsel in an explosive race discrimination case brought by a former employee of a major airline. Before suit was ever filed, Mr. Anaipakos obtained a seven-figure settlement on behalf of his client. After several years of litigation, Mr. Anaipakos was asked to take over representation of a South Texas family practitioner in a highly-publicized dispute against general and limited partners in a tri-county hospital. Within six months of Mr. Anaipakos’ involvement in the case, Mr. Anaipakos obtained a seven-figure settlement in favor of his client. In 2001, Mr. Anaipakos represented a California-based employee of a successful Internet company in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company and its CEO. Shortly after the EEOC charge had been filed and before any lawsuit, Mr. Anaipakos settled the dispute for a substantial sum, equivalent to well over a decade of his client’s annual salary. When Margaret Ceconi, an Enron whistleblower, found herself in the national spotlight, she turned to Mr. Anaipakos for legal representation. Mr. Anaipakos has represented Ms. Ceconi before the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Securities & Exchange Commission, various committees of the United States House of Representatives, various committees of the United States Senate, the Department of Justice, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and countless other state and federal agencies. Mr. Anaipakos acted as the lead lawyer for his client, Telscape International in a high-stakes courtroom battle against a massive, telecommunications giant. On the eve of trial, Mr. Anaipakos had the Defendants’ counterclaims thrown out in their entirety and obtained a multi-million dollar settlement in favor of his client. Mr. Anaipakos’ fast-paced litigation practice has not stopped him from finding time to serve the community and the legal profession. Mr. Anaipakos is a frequent lecturer at CLE seminars and is a member of the State Bar CLE Steering & Planning Committee for the 2002 State Bar Advanced Civil Trial CLE Course. For six years, he has volunteered as the mock trial coach for a Houston-based high school that has won the city championship each of those six years. Mr. Anaipakos is actively involved in several bar associations and has been recognized as a Fellow of the Houston Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation. Born in El Paso, Texas, Mr. Anaipakos graduated from Stanford University with an A.B. in Political Science and from Stanford Law School with a J.D. where he was an Associate Editor of the Stanford Law Review. After graduating from law school, Mr. Anaipakos clerked for the Honorable Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Anaipakos then began actively practicing trial law at Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. where he represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial disputes as well as in significant tort cases. In March of 2000, Mr. Anaipakos joined an aggressive litigation boutique, Ahmad & Zavitsanos, and the Firm’s name was changed to Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos, P.C. EDUCATION Stanford University (A.B., with highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1992) Stanford University Law School (J.D., 1995) HONORS & DISTINCTIONS Law Clerk to the Honorable Edith H. Jones, United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit (1995-1996) Associate Editor, Stanford Law Review, 1993-1995 President’s Award for Academic Excellence at Stanford University Selected as one of ten students to represent academic excellence at Stanford University during the University’s centennial celebration Stanford University Award for Excellence in Political Science State Bar CLE Steering & Planning Committee, 2002 State Bar Advanced Civil Trial CLE Course PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS State Bar of Texas Admitted in all state and federal trial and appellate courts in Texas United States District Court for the District of Utah United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin American Bar Association Houston Bar Association Houston Young Lawyers Association Texas Trial Lawyers Association Houston Trial Lawyers Association Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation Hispanic National Bar Association *Internet mail is not fully secure or private. 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