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Updated: May 3rd, 2021 | Houston | Lawyer List C | Ahmad Zavitsanos Anaipakos Alavi & Mensing P.C. or AZA | Civil Litigation, Complex Litigation,
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Address: 1221 McKinney Street, houston, TX, 77010-2026
Law Firm: Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. or AZA
Phone: 713-655-1101
Fax: 713-655-0062
Email:
Website: http://www.azalaw.com
| Title | Associate |
| First Year of Call | |
| Areas of Practice | Civil Litigation, Complex Litigation |
| Description | Cameron Byrd is a trial lawyer who represents plaintiffs and defendants in commercial and intellectual-property cases involving financial services, breach of contract, covenants not to compete, misappropriation of trade secrets, and patent infringement. In his first four years of practice, Cameron tried five trials with claims and counterclaims in excess of $1 million including two trial victories as the first-chair lawyer.In 2018, Mr. Byrd was one of only six associates nationwide recognized for best in client service by BTI Client Service All-Stars. The only litigation-boutique associate recognized among the half dozen, he was nominated by a global oilfield-services company and lauded as being highly effective for helping his clients succeed.Mr. Byrd is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. During law school, Mr. Byrd interned with U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Manske of the Western District of Texas and served as Teaching Assistant for Professor Scott McCown’s Texas Civil Procedure Course.REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:As lead counsel, obtained a declaratory judgment, dismissal of all counterclaims, and over $650,000 in attorney’s fees following a bench trial in state court on behalf of RSL Funding, LLC against J.G. Wentworth. Mr. Byrd and fellow associates Kelsi White and Justin Rowinsky took over this thirteen-year-old case on the eve of trial and defeated a big-law team consisting of four partners and multiple associates.As lead counsel, obtained a unanimous jury verdict in the Southern District of Texas that will result in the recovery of more than $1 million of collateral for secured creditors A.M.Y. Property & Casualty Insurance Corporation and FinServ Casualty Corporation against unsecured creditors Symetra Life Insurance Company and Symetra Assigned Benefits Service Company. This trial required proving priority to certain asset-backed securities under a relatively uncommon section of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and required defeating fraudulent-transfer and alter-ego defenses that attacked business models involving asset-backed securities and captive insurance.As lead counsel, obtained summary judgment in the Southern District of Texas to recover approximately $800,000 in collateral on behalf of secured creditors A.M.Y. Property & Casualty Insurance Corporation and Finserv Casualty Corporation against unsecured creditors Symetra Life Insurance Company and Symetra Assigned Benefits Service Company. This case required establishing priority under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and defeating fraudulent-transfer and alter-ego defenses that attacked business models involving captive insurance.As lead counsel, obtained dismissal in state court of negligence and negligent-supervision claims involving personal injuries allegedly in excess of $1 million on behalf of Genuine Parts Company.As lead counsel, successfully prosecuted claims involving covenants not to compete and misappropriation of trade secrets. On the plaintiffs’ side, Mr. Byrd’s clients have secured temporary restraining orders, recovered substantial attorney’s fees, and obtained settlements from defendants involving multi-year and multi-state restrictive covenants. On the defendants’ side, Mr. Byrd has helped clients obtain the prompt dismissal of frivolous non-compete and trade-secret claims designed to unfairly limit clients’ business activities.As second chair, obtained a favorable settlement involving attorney’s fees and multi-year restrictive covenants following a two-day temporary-injunction hearing in state court on behalf of a global oilfield-services company against two former executives who breached restrictive covenants and misappropriated trade secrets in an effort to jump start a competitor to Mr. Byrd’s client.As second chair, obtained a favorable settlement following jury selection in state court on behalf of an enterprise-software company against a large health-insurance company in a case involving contract and declaratory-judgment claims in excess of $2 million. |
Talented, Tough and Courtroom-Tested.Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C., or AZA, is a Houston-based law firm that is home to true courtroom lawyers with a formidable track record in complex commercial litigation, including energy, intellectual property, and business dispute cases. AZA is recognized in Chambers USA 2017 among the best in Texas commercial law; U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America as one o…
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