Maryann Zaki

Associate

Maryann Zaki is a commercial litigator who helps clients resolve disputes in state and federal courts. Maryann regularly assists clients in the defense of various disputes including breach of contract, product liability, toxic tort, intellectual property, employment, and personal injury cases. Most recently, Maryann has assisted with the representation of a client involved in nationwide product liability litigation. Maryann has been named as a Texas Rising Star for three consecutive years in 2019–2021, and a Texas Women’s Rising Star in 2020. She is the founding associate of the firm's Middle Eastern North African Lawyer Network and currently serves as an associate representative for the network.

selected representations

Represents client involved in nationwide pharmaceutical litigation.
Represented national retailer in trademark litigation dispute leading to favorable settlement.
Represented Houston company in defense of trademark infringement claims.
Represented automotive manufacturer in defense of product liability claims.
Represented a trader in a commercial dispute related to the use of crude railcars.
Obtained summary judgment and a damages award in excess of $1.5 million for an oilfield services company related to a commercial breach of contract dispute involving the purchase and sale of oilfield equipment.
Successfully obtained temporary injunction defeating a plaintiff’s claims for tortious interference with business relations.
Represented oil and gas companies against personal injury Jones Act claims.
Obtained favorable settlement in case involving several unpaid invoices for medical imaging equipment.
Represented mortgage servicing companies in state and federal courts and successfully won dismissals in claims alleging wrongful foreclosure.
Participated in the filing of an involuntary bankruptcy, and represented creditors in bankruptcy matters.
Prevailed on appeal of temporary injunction and in mandamus actions in breach of contract case at the Houston Fourteenth Court of Appeals.

Education

University of Houston Law Center, 2013, J.D., Order of the Barons, cum laude
Boston University, 2008, B.A.

Admissions

Texas
US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
US District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Clerkships

Intern to Judge Gray H. Miller of the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2013)

Awards and Affiliations

Recognized, Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, Houston, The Best Lawyers in America (2022)

Recognized, Ones to Watch, Women in the Law, The Best Lawyers in America (2021)

Rising Star, Texas Super Lawyers (2019–2021)

Rising Star, Super Lawyers Texas Women’s Edition (2020)

Member, Texas State Bar Litigation Section

Member, Houston Bar Association Litigation Section

Member, Federal Bar Association

Member, Association of Women Attorneys

Member, Christian Legal Society

Member, Women’s Energy Network of Houston

Member, Trademark Committee, State Bar of Texas

Co-Chair, Houston Young Lawyers Association Diversity Committee, Co-recipient of 2017 Outstanding Committee Chair Award (2017–2018)

Co-Chair, Houston Bar Association’s Communities in Schools Committee (2015–2016)