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 two consecutive years in 2019–2020, and a Texas Women’s Rising Star in 2020.

Extended Profile

Maryann has been named as a Texas Rising Star for two consecutive years in 2019–2020, and a Texas Women’s Rising Star in 2020.

selected representations

Represented a trader in a commercial dispute related to the use of crude railcars.
Represents an offshore drilling contractor in Jones Act and unseaworthiness claims.
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.
Prepared and presented oral argument on motion for summary judgment in a breach of contract case involving crude oil railcars.
Successfully obtained temporary injunction defeating 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.
Prevail on appeal of temporary injunction in breach of contract case at the Houston Fourteenth Court of Appeals.
Prevail in mandamus action 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

Rising Star, Texas Super Lawyers (2019)

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)

Texas Civil Rights Project Board of Councilors (2013–2015)