The staff at ALM Media and Texas Lawyer is extremely proud to announce this year’s winners of the Texas Legal Excellence Awards 2021. We would also like to recognize all the nominees entered in this year’s awards—thank you for all your hard work this past year. Please note that the list of winners will be republished in the Jan/Feb 2022 issue of Texas Lawyer Magazine.
Attorney of the Year
Mo Aziz, Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner – Aziz is recognized for his representation of some 1,000 plaintiffs in the litigation over the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting at MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas, which settled for $800 million last year; for taking lead roles and representing many claimants in mass torts concerning chemical exposure and an industrial accident; and for securing a $4 million verdict in 2020 in product liability case Pruitt v. Asphalt Zipper.
