Ryan A. Hackney
Top rated Civil Litigation attorney in Houston, Texas
Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, PLLC
Practice areas: Civil Litigation
Licensed in Texas since: 2009
Education: The University of Texas School of Law
Selected to Rising Stars: 2017 - 2019 Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, PLLC
1221 McKinney StSuite 2500
Houston, TX 77010 Phone: 713-600-4921 Email: Ryan A. Hackney Visit website
Ryan Hackney is a commercial litigator who has represented energy companies in a variety of disputes. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Texas School of Law, Mr. Hackney clerked for U.S. District Judge Sim Lake of the Southern District of Texas. He practiced law for four years at another prominent Houston litigation boutique before joining AZA.
Mr. Hackney was selected for the Texas Rising Stars lists 2017-2019. The list honors the best lawyers in the state who are age 40 or younger or those who have practiced no more than 10 years. Fewer than 2.5 percent of eligible Texas attorneys earn this recognition each year.
Before choosing a career in law, Mr. Hackney worked as a management consultant and writer. He served as business development manager director for an internet marketing startup that went public. He also was a management consultant in the areas of healthcare, telecommunications and e-commerce for Boston Consulting Group.
Mr. Hackney is a prolific writer who worked as an editor and writer after graduating from Harvard. His publications include The Everything Irish History and Heritage Book, The Fearless Critic Restaurant Guide Houston, and McGraw Hill’s GMAT.
Mr. Hackney has assisted a number of clients on pro bono matters, including obtaining remediation funds for nuns in a construction dispute, assisting a family of a disabled child in a guardianship proceeding, and representing a blind prisoner in a civil rights action.
First Admitted: 2009, Texas
Professional Webpage: http://www.azalaw.com/our-attorneys/ryan-hackney/
Representative Clients
- * Served as lead associate in arbitration of a contract dispute for a national pipeline operator; drafted all pleadings, oversaw discovery, took direct examination of key witness and successfully defended the award in court. * Represented an oil supermajor in a contract dispute involving a pipeline environmental liability. * Defended a national dialysis provider in two separate Medicare fraud cases involving drug administration; coordinated discovery on the government, oversaw expert witness on healthcare economics. * Recovered D&O policy proceeds from an international consortium of insurers for a pipeline operator.
Honors
- * Chancellors Honor Society, Clerk; Order of the Coif * Anne Townes and Browne B. Rice Jr. Scholarship (full merit with stipend)* 2008 and 2009 national winner of Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest ($5,000 prize)* Texas Law Review, Associate Editor, published two Notes
Educational Background
- Harvard University, B.A. and M.A.
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- * "If a Helicopter Hits an Offshore Platform and Crashes at Sea, Where Do You Bury the Survivors?" 42 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 231 (2011) * "Don’t Mess with Houston, Texas: The Clean Air Act and State/Local Preemption," 88 Texas Law Review 639 (2010) * "Flipping Daubert: Putting Climate Change Defendants in the Hot Seat," 40 Environmental Law 255 (2010) * "Ripping Holes in the Dragnet: The Failings of U.C.C. § 9-204(c) as Applied to Consumer Transactions," 87 Texas Law Review 1249 (2009)
- Energy
- Oil And Gas
Office location for Ryan A. Hackney
1221 McKinney St
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77010
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2017 - 2019