AZA Publications Lawyers at Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos, P.C. take great pride in the fact that they are regular speakers at continuing legal education courses for other attorneys. Here is a sample of recent papers authored by our lawyers. Joseph Ahmad, Employment Law, State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education, Advanced Civil Trial Course 2002, August 2002, October 2002 Amir Alavi, Employment Agreements: What to Include, What to Avoid, South Texas College of Law, Business Organization Course, October 2002 Amir Alavi, Credibility and Impeachment: Fundamentals of Direct and Cross-Examination, University of Houston Law Foundation, How to Offer and Exclude Evidence, September 2002 Amir Alavi, Trade Secrets and Covenants Not to Compete, University of Houston Law Foundation, Employment and Labor Law, September 2002 Amir Alavi, Evidence Without Witnesses: Stipulations, Discovery Products, Judicial Notice, Summons, Etc., University of Houston Law Foundation, Trial Tactics, September 2002 Joseph Ahmad, Developments in FMLA Compliance, Recent ADA Developments in Reasonable Accommodation, and Discussion of the Overlap of the ADA, FMLA and Worker¹s Compensation When Dealing With Absences of Ill, Injured, and Disabled Employees, Sterling Education Services Seminar, Employment Law Update in Texas; What Human Resource Professionals and Their Legal Counsel Need to Know - NOW!; August 2002 Joseph Ahmad, Advising the Departing Employee, University of Houston Law Foundation Advanced Employment Law Seminar, July 2002, August 2002 Joseph Ahmad with Dr. Bob Gordon and Dale Jefferson, Preparing the Witness, South Texas College of Law, Labor and Employment Law Conference July 2002 Amir Alavi, Protecting or Raiding Intellectual Capital, South Texas College of Law¹s Labor and Employment Law Conference, July 2002 Joseph Ahmad, Cross Examination in Employment Cases, National Employment Lawyers of America Thirteenth Annual Convention; Orlando, Florida, June 26-29, 2002 John Zavitsanos and Nasim Ahmad, Preparing Your Witness for Deposition and Trial, University of Houston Law Foundation, June 2002 Joseph Ahmad, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Including Conducting Investigations and Litigation Developments, University of Houston Law Foundation Employment Law Seminar, February 2002 Joseph Ahmad, Americas with Disabilities Act Update, State Bar of Texas, 10th Annual Advanced Employment Law Course 2002, Houston, Texas, January 25, 2002 Joseph Ahmad, Trial of Employment Law Cases, 2001 Texas/Louisiana Employment Lawyers Association, Fifth Circuit Seminar, Mexico City, Mexico, October 11 - 13, 2001 Joseph Ahmad, Privacy Issues in the Workplace, University of Houston Law Foundation, Advanced Employment Law Seminar, July/August 2000, August 2001 Joseph Ahmad, Discrimination Update, University of Texas School of Law, Labor and Employment Law Seminar, 8th Annual Conference, May 3-4, 2001 Joseph Ahmad, Sexual Harassment Claims - Plaintiff¹s Perspective, University of Houston Law Foundation Employment Law Seminar, February 1999, February 2000 and February 2001 Joseph Ahmad, Employment Discrimination Class Actions After Allison V. Citgo Petroleum Corp.; State Bar of Texas, Advanced Employment Law Court 2000; February 1, 2001 John Zavitsanos, Punitive Damages - Phase II, University of Houston Law Center - Litigation and Trial Tactics, December 2000 John Zavitsanos, Asserting, Contesting and Preserving Privileges Under the New Rules, University of Houston Law Foundation - Advanced Civil Discovery Under the New Rules, June 2000 Joseph Ahmad, Recent Developments in Employment Litigation; Gulf Coast Symposium on Human Resources; March 22, 2000