Experts Are the Best Teachers
AZA attorneys write and publish in their fields of expertise. Our attorneys frequently speak at continuing legal education courses for other attorneys. Below are samples of recent papers our lawyers have authored.
Joseph Ahmad, Trade Secrets and Non-Compete Agreements in Texas: The Law is Changing. Are You Keeping Up? Texas Bar CLE Webcast, Panelist, December 7, 2010.
Joseph Ahmad, The Dodd-Frank Act: What it Means for Employment Lawyers, Texas Bar CLE Webcast, Panelist, November 30, 2010.
Joseph Ahmad, What the Texas Attorney Needs to Know About Unfair Competition and Non-Compete Claims, Lawline.com; Online CLE Seminar; 2010.
Joseph Ahmad, The Generational Effect of Juror Attitudes - Panelist, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Annual Meeting, August 5-10, 2010, San Francisco.
Joseph Ahmad, Employee Handbooks: The Good, The Bad, The Useless - Panelist, South Texas College of Law CLE, 23rd Annual Employment Law Conference, July 15-16, 2010, Houston.
Joseph Ahmad, What You Need to Know About Unfair Competition and Non-Compete Claims, Houston Bar Association Continuing Legal Education; January 28, 2010, Houston.
Joseph Ahmad, Overview of Non-Statutory Claims, Texas Bar CLE, 17th Annual Advanced Employment Law Course – Nuts and Bolts of Employment Law 2010, January 13, 2010, Dallas.
Joseph Ahmad, Litigating Wrongful Discharge Cases, University of Houston Law Foundation, Advanced Employment Law Seminar, May 7-8, 2009 – Houston, May 14-15, 2009 – Dallas.
Joseph Ahmad, Deposition and Discovery, Texas Bar CLE, 17th Annual Advanced Employment Law Course – Nuts and Bolts of Employment Law, January 21, 2009, San Antonio.
Joseph Ahmad, Recent Developments Under The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, National Employment Lawyers Association (Houston, Texas Chapter) November 7, 2008, Merida, Mexico.
Joseph Ahmad, E-Discovery Update: Notes from a Practitioner, State Bar of Texas, Labor & Employment Law Section, 19th Annual Employment Law Update, October 24-25, 2008, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Joseph Ahmad, Litigating Wrongful Discharge Cases: From Sabine Pilot to Today, University of Houston Law Foundation, Advanced Employment Law Seminar, April 10-11, 2008, Dallas and Houston.
Amir Alavi, Reducing Litigation Costs in a Down Economy, Donavan Watkins Continuing Legal Education Program, June 2009.
Amir Alavi, Requests for Production of Documents and Requests for Disclosure, University of Houston Law Foundation, Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, November 2008.
Amir Alavi, Practical Considerations in Dealing with Intellectual Capital, Lorman Education Services, Documents Employers Can’t Live Without, June 2006.
Ashley Frankson, Contributing author, “International Energy and Natural Resources – North America,” The International Lawyer, Volume 42, Number 2, Summer 2008
Diane M. Guillerman, “The Defense of Marriage Act: The Latest Maneuver in the Continuing Battle to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage,” 34 HOUS. L. REV. 425 (1997).
Diane M. Guillerman, “Economic Expert Testimony in Antitrust Cases After Kumho,” 2001 A.B.A. Sec. Antitrust L. 1.
Steven Mitby, ”Navigating Hypothetical Negotiations,” Managing Intellectual Property, October 2008 (Maria W. Boyce, co-author)
Steven Mitby, ”The New Presumption of Adequate Warnings in Texas Pharmaceutical Litigation,” Texas Bar Journal, July 2006 (Travis J. Sales, co-author)
Elizabeth Pannill, ”Flashing Yellow Lights on the Road to E-Discovery,” Submission to West LegalWorks Seminar on Electronic Discovery After the New Federal Rules (September 2007) (co-author).
Kinan Romman, “Court Assistance in Obtaining Discovery in International Arbitration Proceedings: Applications Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782,” 26 DIS Series of the German Institution of Arbitration 9, 2010, Co-Author with C. Mark Baker
Kinan Romman, “The Role of the Institution in Taming Electronic Disclosure, ”Between East and West: Essays in Honour of Ulf Franke, 2010, Co-Author with C. Mark Baker
Kinan Romman, “The Middle East Year in Review: Turkey,” 44 The International Lawyer 733, 2010
Kinan Romman, “Section 1782 Applications to Obtain Discovery in International Arbitration: Are U.S. Courts Beginning to Take a More Conservative Stance?,” 2009 Fulbright International Arbitration Report – Issue 2
Kinan Romman, “The Middle East Year in Review: Egypt,” 43 The International Lawyer 1148, 2009
Kinan Romman, “Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Russia: Improving, But Still Uncertain,” Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence, Vol. 7 – Issue 2, OGEL special issue on EU-Russia relations, 2009, Co-Author with C. Mark Baker, Jonathan Sutcliffe, and Kirsten Wilson
Kinan Romman, “Applications Under Section 1782 to Obtain Discovery in International Arbitration: An Update,” 2009 Fulbright International Arbitration Report – Issue 1
Kinan Romman, “Due Process Begins with the Constitution of the Tribunal: Are Parties, Counsel, and Arbitrators on the Right Track?,” International Bar Association Conference Publication, 2009, Co-Author with C. Mark Baker
Kinan Romman, “The Unequal Playing Field: Companies Subject to Section 1782 in International Arbitration,” Benchmark Litigation, 2009, Co-Author with C. Mark Baker
Kinan Romman, “The U.S. Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007,” 2008 Fulbright International Arbitration Report
Kinan Romman, “The Middle East Year in Review: Qatar,” 42 The International Lawyer 1072, 2008
Tim Shelby, “Strategies for Corporate Representative Depositions,” 33rd Annual Corporate Counsel Institute, Houston, April 2011
Monica Uddin, “Strategies for Corporate Representative Depositions,” State Bar of Texas Corporate Counsel Section Newsletter (2010) (co-author).
John Zavitsanos, “Witness Credibility at Depositions and Trial – Do’s and Don’ts,” State Bar of Texas – Texas Minority Counsel Program, 18th Annual Conference, September 2010
John Zavitsanos, “Lessons Learned from Trying a Breach of Fiduciary Case,” Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section, December 2008
John Zavitsanos, “Cross-Examination,” University of Houston Law Foundation, Civil Litigation, February 2008
John Zavitsanos, “Credibility and Impeachment – The Rules and Techniques for Inconsistent Statements, Contradiction, Convictions and Character,” Advanced Evidence and Discovery, Houston Law Foundation, November 2007
John Zavitsanos, “Witness Credibility – How To Prepare, Achieve, And Destroy It,” -Lorman Education Services, June 2006
John Zavitsanos, “Preparing Your Witness for Deposition and Trial,” Houston Bar Association, March 2006
John Zavitsanos, “Types of Claims and Their Values,” Houston Bar Association, September 2005