TODD W. MENSING

BOARD CERTIFIED-CIVIL TRIAL LAW 

TEXAS BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION 

DIRECT 713.600.4904 

MAIN 713.655.1101 

FAX 713.655.0062 

TMENSING@AZALAW.COM

July 23, 2015 

Via Electronic Filing 

Christopher A. Prine 

Clerk, First Court of Appeals 

301 Fannin Street 

Houston, TX 77002 

RE: Case No. 01-15-00320-CV; Revenew International, LLC v. 

PSC Industrial Outsourcing, LP; In the First Court of Appeals, 

Houston, Texas. 

Dear Mr. Prine: 

I am writing to provide a second supplement to PSC Industrial 

Outsourcing, LP’s motion for attorneys’ fees under Texas Rule of Appellate 

Procedure 45. Please find enclosed my affidavit and our firm’s most recent 

billing statement. The total attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses spent in 

addressing this appeal by Revenew International, LLC are $35,399.64. 

Please provide this information to the panel at your convenience. 

 Cordially, 

 Todd W. Mensing 

TWM/lan 

Enclosure 

cc: Via Electronic Service 

Lauren J. Harrison 

Lara Pringle 

JONES WALKER LLP 

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2450 

Houston, Texas 77002 

4834-4721-4118, v. 1 

ACCEPTED

01-15-00320-CV

FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS

7/23/2015 12:06:52 PM

CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK

 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 7/23/2015 12:06:52 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk
NO. 01-15-00320-CV 

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT 

HOUSTON, TEXAS 

REVENEW INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Appellant, 

vs. 

PSC INDUSTRIAL OUTSOURCING, LP, Appellee. 

On Appeal from the 281st Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas 

Cause No. 2013-59946 

AFFIDAVIT OF TODD W. MENSING 

STATE OF TEXAS § 

COUNTY OF HARRIS § 

Before me the undersigned authority personally appeared Todd W. Mensing, 

who after being duly sworn and cautioned, stated as follows: 

1. My name is Todd W. Mensing. I am over eighteen (18) years of age, have 

never been convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude, am of 

sound mind, and am competent to make this Affidavit. I have personal 

knowledge of the statements contained herein and each of them is true and 

correct. 

2. I am lead counsel for PSC Industrial Outsourcing, LP ("PSC") in this case. 

This Affidavit is submitted in support ofPSC's application for an award of its 

attorneys' fees, out-of-pocket expenses, and court costs in this case from 

Revenew International, LLC ("Revenew") or its counsel pursuant to Texas 

Rule of Appellate Procedure 45. This Affidavit is an update to my previous 

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affidavits concerning attorneys' fees, which were filed on April 14, 2015 and 

May 11, 2015. 

3. I have been licensed to practice in Texas by the Texas Supreme Court since 

November of 1999. My license to practice law has never been suspended or 

revoked, and I am currently a member in good standing with the State Bar of 

Texas. I am currently admitted to the United States District Courts for the 

Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, and the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. I am board certified in Civil Trial 

Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. 

4. I graduated in 1999 from the University of Texas School of Law. Prior to 

joining Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. ("AZA") in 

March 2001, I was associated with Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. 

5. I am familiar with the reasonable and customary hourly rates charged by 

lawyers in Houston and Texas, and I am familiar with the reasonable and 

customary hourly rates charged for commercial litigation in general. 

6. I am familiar with the facts of this case and work performed in connection 

with this case. All of the itemized attorney time spent on this case at AZA 

was performed primarily by me or under my supervision. All of the paralegal 

and legal assistant time at AZA was performed under my supervision. 

7. Revenew filed its notice of Appeal on April 7, 2015. Therefore, I have 

reviewed the time records detailing the fees and expenses AZA has charged 

to PSC in connection with this matter since April 7, 2015 to identify those 

fees which would not have been incurred but for Revenew's appeal. The 

attached Exhibit 1 contains a true and correct copy of our firm's time recorded 

for this appeal between April 7, 2015 and July 21,2015. It is our firm's policy 

to record time in Ill 0 hour increments contemporaneous with the work being 

performed. 

8. I have worked on this case since September 2013. My hourly rate for this 

case is $500 per hour. In my opinion, this rate is reasonable based on my 

training and experience discussed above, and as reflected in my professional 

biography, which is also attached in Exhibit 2 to this Affidavit. 

9. Adam Milasincic, an associate at AZA, has also worked on this matter since 

March 2014. He is a 2011 graduate of the University of Virginia School of 

Law and has been associated with AZA since 2013. He previously practiced 

law with Baker Botts LLP and was licensed by the Texas Supreme Court in 

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2011. He is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals 

for the Fifth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Southern, 

Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. The hourly rate for Mr. 

Milasincic is $300 per hour for all work in this case. In my opinion, this rate 

is reasonable based on his training and experience. His professional 

biography is attached as Exhibit 3 to this Affidavit. 

10. Edward Goolsby, an associate at AZA, has also worked on this matter since 

November 2014. His professional biography is attached as Exhibit 4 to this 

Affidavit. The hourly rate for Mr. Goolsby is $270 per hour for all work in 

this case. He is a 2014 graduate of the University of Houston Law Center and 

has been associated with AZA since 2014. In my opinion, this rate is 

reasonable based on his training and experience. 

11. Attached as Exhibit 1 to this Affidavit is a true and correct copy of the billing 

statement prepared from contemporaneous daily time records regularly 

prepared and maintained by AZA, containing the time and task records and 

reflecting the activities of the lawyers at my firm in responding to this appeal, 

which is current through July 21, 2015. This statement correctly and 

accurately sets forth the legal services rendered by the lawyers at AZA to PSC 

in this matter. This billing statement has been redacted to the extent necessary 

to protect against the disclosure of information subject to the attorney-client 

and work-product privileges. 

12. As reflected in Exhibit 1, the total hours spent by AZA in drafting PSC 

Industrial Outsourcing, LP's Motion to Dismiss Revenew International, 

LLC's Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction (the "Motion") and to respond to 

Revenew's appeal, filed April 7, 2015, is 115.2 hours. The corresponding 

attorneys' fees PSC has incurred for the work performed by AZA in 

connection with this appeal is $34,873 as of July 21, 2015, and this is the 

amount PSC seeks to recover in this appeal. This amount does not include 

paralegal fees. This is the total amount after, in the exercise of billing 

judgment, AZA made voluntary fee reductions and adjustments. In my 

opinion, these rates are reasonable, necessary and consistent with what other 

lawyers and legal assistants charge in Harris County. 

13. In addition, out-of-pocket expenses and court costs incurred by PSC related 

to this proceeding were billed separately and are also reflected on Exhibit 1. 

These expenses included such matters as filing fees, copying, and the like. I 

have personally reviewed these incurred expenses and costs, and each falls 

within the range of customary charges for such matters, and each was 

reasonable and necessary to draft the Motion and to respond to Revenew's 

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appeal. The total amount of PSC's incurred expenses and costs shown on 

Exhibit 1 is $526.64 as of July 21, 2015. 

14. I am personally familiar with the reasonable attorneys' fees and related 

litigation costs and expenses in the Texas market. I am familiar with the usual 

and customary rates charged by attorneys serving in contingent matters and in 

non-contingent fee matters and that have been accepted in cases involving, 

inter alia, commercial disputes. I am personally familiar with the hourly rates 

charged by other litigation counsel of similar skill, experience, and training as 

PSC's counsel and who regularly practice in this area of Texas. 

15. I am also familiar with the factors considered in determining the 

reasonableness of attorneys' fees, as listed in Rule 1.04 of the Texas 

Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, State Bar Rules Art. X § 9, and 

as set forth in Arthur Anderson v. Perry Equip. Corp., 945 S.W.2d 812, 819 

(Tex. 1997). In my opinion, and after considering the factors set forth in Rule 

1.04 ofthe Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, State Bar Rules 

Art. X § 9, and in Arthur Anderson, the fees incurred by PSC were reasonable 

and necessary for the defense of its possession of the premises in these 

proceedings. These legal fees reflect those reasonable and necessary services 

rendered to PSC in responding to this appeal through July 21, 2015. 

16. Considering the attorneys' fees customarily charged in Texas by practitioners 

of comparable skill, training, and experience as PSC's counsel, in cases 

involving commercial lease disputes, and the Arthur Anderson factors 

referenced above, the hourly rates charged, the time incurred by the lawyers 

and non-lawyer staff of AZA, and the tasks performed as reflected in Exhibit 

1, are typical of the usual and customary rates charged for attorneys' services 

in similar matters, are consistent with the hourly rates charged by practitioners 

of comparable experience, and were reasonable and necessary tasks in this 

matter. 

17. As of July 21, 2015, PSC has incurred reasonable and necessary legal fees and 

out-of-pocket expenses totaling $35,399.64. But for Revenew's appeal, PSC 

would not have occurred these fees and expenses. 

18. In the event this Court requests additional explanation on any of the items 

contained in this Affidavit or in the attached Exhibits, the undersigned is 

willing to submit an additional affidavit or to appear live at a hearing to testify 

or to respond to any additional matters of inquiry. 

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EXECUTED this 22nd day of July, 2015. 

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AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C.

1221 McKinney, Suite 3460

Houston, TX 77010

Tax ID: 76-0407464

PSC, LLC

Attn: Gregg Goldstein

5151 San Felipe, Suite 1600

Houston, TX 77056

Gregg Goldstein, General Counsel

May 15, 2015

Invoice submitted to:

Invoice No. 23041

In Reference To: Cause No. 2013-59946; PSC Industrial Outsourcing, LP v. Revenew International,

LLC; In the 281st Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas

Our File No. PSC013

Professional Services 

 Hours

Goolsby, Edward 

4/7/2015 Review appeal filed by Revenew. (.2). Draft Motion to Dismiss 1.10

Revenew's Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction and Rule 45 Motion to Award

PSC Attorney's Fees. (.9).

4/8/2015 Draft Motion to Dismiss Revenew's Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction. 6.10

4/9/2015 Complete draft of Rule 45 Motion for Damages in responding to 1.90

Revenew's appeal. (1.9).

4/10/2015 Review notices and rules provided by the First Court of Appeals 2.10

governing Revenew's appeal. (.4). Draft Motion to Dismiss Appeal for

Lack of Jurisdiction. (1.7).

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 Hours

4/13/2015 Draft Motion to Dismiss Revenew's Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction. 6.80

4/14/2015 Work on Motion to Dismiss Revenew's Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction. 3.60

(2.1). Select exhibits and prepare to be attached to same. (1.3). Input edits

to motion from Gregg Goldstein. (.2). 

4/15/2015 Review emails from opposing counsel regarding appeal. 0.10

4/24/2015 Draft Motion to Extend Time for Brief. (.3). Review Revenew's Response 1.40

to PSC's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction and outline

Reply. (1.1).

4/26/2015 Draft Motion to Extend Time for Brief. 0.40

4/27/2015 Draft Motion to Extend Time to File Merits Briefs (.7). Draft Reply to 2.30

Revenew's Opposition to PSC's Motion to Dismiss Appeal for Lack of

Jurisdiction and provide draft to Adam Milasincic. (1.6). 

4/28/2015 Draft additional sections distinguishing cases cited by Defendant and 6.40

supporting sanctions in Reply to Revenew's Opposition to PSC's Motion

to Dismiss.

4/29/2015 Research (.2).

 Call 281st Court (.3)

Work on Reply to Revenew's Opposition to PSC's Motion to Dismiss. (1.6).

SUBTOTAL: [ 34.30 $9,261.00]

Mensing, Todd 

2.10
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 Hours

4/7/2015 Review notice of appeal. Formulate strategy regarding same. 0.60

Communications with client regarding same. 

4/8/2015 Communications with client regarding notice of appeal. 0.30

4/9/2015 Prepare for client meeting. (.5) Receive correspondence from court of 0.70

appeals (.2)

4/10/2015 Review Revenew's Request for Clerk's Record. (.3) Work on motion to 1.00

dismiss appeal. (.5) Review appellate docketing statement filed by

Revenew. (.2)

4/11/2015 Review additional correspondence from the Court of Appeals. 0.30

4/13/2015 Communications with Revenew counsel regarding basis for appeal. (.3) 0.90

Communications with client regarding status. (.1) Work on motion to

dismiss appeal. (.5)

4/14/2015 Communications with opposing counsel regarding stipulation. (.4) Work 0.80

on finalizing appellate brief. (.4)

4/24/2015 Review Revenew response to motion to dismiss appeal. 0.60
PSC, LLC

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 Hours

4/25/2015 Communications with client regarding same. (.2) Communications with 0.30

trial coordinator regarding trial setting. (.1)

4/29/2015 Review multiple filings by Revenew in trial court.(.2) Work on Reply 2.80

Brief. (2.6)

SUBTOTAL: [ 8.30 $4,150.00]

Milasincic, Adam 

4/7/2015 Prepared outline of arguments for Motion to Dismiss Revenew's 0.70

Interlocutory Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction.

4/8/2015 Edit draft of Motion to Dismiss Revenew's Interlocutory Appeal for Lack 0.40

of Appellate Jurisdiction.

4/9/2015 Revised and supplemented initial draft of Motion to Dismiss Revenew's 2.40

Interlocutory Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction.

4/13/2015 Review and edit final draft of motion to dismiss Revenew appeal. 3.90

4/14/2015 Exchanged emails with opposing counsel about potential stipulations for 0.40

resolution of appeal.

4/15/2015 Completed final review of and revisions to motion to dismiss Revenew's 0.80

appeal.

4/27/2015 Revised motion for extension of appellate deadlines. 0.50

4/28/2015 Work on revisions to PSC's reply in support of motion to dismiss appeal. 1.20

4/29/2015 Work on revisions to PSC's reply in support of motion to dismiss appeal. 2.80
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 Hours

SUBTOTAL: [ 13.10 $3,930.00]

For professional services rendered 55.70 $17,341.00

Expenses: 

Administrative 

4/15/2015 Court fees - Appeals Motion to Dismiss $10.29

4/28/2015 Court fees - Motion to Extend Time to File Brief $10.29

4/30/2015 Copy service - Lighthouse $400.00

SUBTOTAL: [ $420.58]

Total expenses $420.58

Total amount of this bill $17,761.58
PSC, LLC

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 Attorney Summary 

Name Hours Rate Amount

Edward Goolsby - Associate 34.30 270.00 $9,261.00

Todd Mensing - Partner Adam Milasincic - Associate 13.10 300.00 $3,930.00

8.30 500.00 $4,150.00
AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C.

1221 McKinney, Suite 3460

Houston, TX 77010

Tax ID: 76-0407464

PSC, LLC

Attn: Gregg Goldstein

5151 San Felipe, Suite 1600

Houston, TX 77056

Gregg Goldstein, General Counsel

June 10, 2015

Invoice submitted to:

Invoice No. 23162

In Reference To: Cause No. 2013-59946; PSC Industrial Outsourcing, LP v. Revenew International,

LLC; In the 281st Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas

Our File No. PSC013

Professional Services 

 Hours

Goolsby, Edward 

5/6/2015 Review letter from Revenew concerning Lippincott decision and read 1.40

Lippincott decision. (.4). Review and redact billing statements and update

motion for sanctions under Rule 45. (.8).

5/8/2015 Draft cover letter to be sent updating motion for sanctions for frivolous 1.10

appeal under Rule 45. (.2). Review and redact invoice statements. (.6).

Update affidavit of Todd Mensing concerning attorneys' fees. (.3).

5/11/2015 Complete letter supplementing record concerning PSC's Rule 45 motion

for attorneys' fees. (.3).

5/13/2015 Review merits brief filed by Revenew and outline counterarguments for 1.10

PSC's merits brief. 

0.30
PSC, LLC

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 Hours

5/21/2015 Draft letter to trial court requesting supplementation of appellate record 0.80

and identifying missing exhibits attached to PSC's response to Revenew's

Motion for Summary Judgment. 

5/22/2015 Complete letter to trial court regarding supplementation of appellate 0.40

record and file it. 

5/26/2015 Draft portion of merits brief relating to actual malice in business 2.40

disparagement claim.

5/27/2015 Draft portion of merits brief relating to actual malice in business 3.20

disparagement claim.

5/29/2015 Call Court to discuss supplemental appellate record. 0.30

SUBTOTAL: [ 11.00 $2,970.00 ]

Leiker, Kelly 

5/8/2015 Prepare attorneys' fees statements for filing with Court of Appeals. 0.50
PSC, LLC

3

Page

[ 0.50 $97.50]

Mensing, Todd 

5/5/2015 Review letter circulated to Court of Appeals by Revenew. 0.10

 
PSC, LLC

4

Page

 Hours

5/8/2015 Review letter filed by Revenew with Court regarding supplementation of 0.10

the record.
PSC, LLC

5

Page

 Hours

SUBTOTAL: [ 0.20 $100.00 ]

Milasincic, Adam 

5/6/2015 Reviewed Revenew's supplemental letter to Court of Appeals and drafted 1.20

response letter. 
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 Hours

Attended and argued hearing on Revenew's motion to certify interlocutory 1.90

appeal.

. 5/25/2015 Began drafting PSC's appellate merits brief. 1.60

5/26/2015 Continued drafting PSC's appellate merits brief. 1.80

5/29/2015 Continued drafting appellate merits brief. 1.40

SUBTOTAL: [ 7.90 $2,370.00]

For professional services rendered

5/22/2015 19.60 $5,537.50 
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Expenses: 

 Amount

Administrative 

4/27/2015 Courier charges - Package to First Court of Appeals - $23.95

Mach 5

Courier charges - Package to AZA - Mach 5 $13.95

5/12/2015 Courier charges - Package to AZA - Mach 5 $13.95

5/19/2015 Telephone - Conference call - Logix $9.69

5/21/2015 Court fees - Response to review motion $2.06

5/22/2015 Court fees - Request for supplemental clerks record $2.06

5/31/2015 Copy service - Monthly user license - Lighthouse $498.00

SUBTOTAL: [ $563.66]

Total expenses $563.66

Total amount of this bill $6,101.16
PSC, LLC

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 Attorney Summary 

Name Hours Rate Amount

Edward Goolsby - Associate 11.00 270.00 $2,970.00

Todd Mensing - Partner

Adam Milasincic - Associate

Kelly Leiker - Paralegal

0.20 500.00 $100.00 7.90 300.00 0.50 195.00 $97.50 $2,370.00
AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C.

1221 McKinney, Suite 3460

Houston, TX 77010

Tax ID: 76-0407464

PSC, LLC

Attn: Gregg Goldstein

5151 San Felipe, Suite 1600

Houston, TX 77056

Gregg Goldstein, General Counsel

July 10, 2015

Invoice submitted to:

Invoice No. 23332

In Reference To: Cause No. 2013-59946; PSC Industrial Outsourcing, LP v. Revenew International,

LLC; In the 281st Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas

Our File No. PSC013

Professional Services 

 Hours

Goolsby, Edward 

6/2/2015 Draft and revise sections of merits brief related to malice in business 2.60

disparagement claim.

6/4/2015 Revise merits brief and update sections related to privilege and 3.20

justification.

6/5/2015 Revise sections of merits brief related to falsity, malice, privilege, and 6.10

justification.

6/10/2015 Review, revise and double check record citations in PSC's merits brief. 3.20

6/12/2015 Review, revise and double check all citations to record in PSC's merits 4.60

brief.
PSC, LLC

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 Hours

SUBTOTAL: [ 19.70 $5,319.00]

Mensing, Todd 

6/8/2015 Edit appellate brief on the merits. 1.20

6/9/2015 Work on edits to appellate brief. 1.40

SUBTOTAL: [ 2.0 $1,00.00]

Milasincic, Adam 

6/1/2015 Completed initial draft of Appellee's merits brief. 8.50

6/5/2015 Exchanged emails with Ward Goolsby regarding research for appellee's 0.10

brief on merits.

6/8/2015 Continued revising PSC's appellee's brief. 3.50

6/9/2015 Continued revising PSC's appellee's brief. 2.60

6/12/2015 Completed final revisions to PSC appellee's brief. 2.50

 SUBTOTAL ____________ ___________

 [ 17.20 $5,160.00]
PSC, LLC

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For professional services rendered

Expenses: 

Administrative 

6/10/2015 Courier charges - Package to 1st Court of Appeals - Mach $26.45

5

Courier charges - Package to AZA Law - Mach 5 $13.95

SUBTOTAL: [ $40.40]

Total expenses $40.40

Total amount of this bill $1

39.5 $11,779.00
PSC, LLC

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 Attorney Summary 

Name Hours Rate Amount

Edward Goolsby - Associate 19.70 270.00 $5,319.00

Todd Mensing - Partner 2.0 500.0

Adam Milasincic - Associate 17.0 300.00
AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C.

Nickname PSC013 | 3364

Full Name PSC, LLC

Address Attn: Gregg Goldstein

5151 San Felipe, Suite 1600

Houston, TX 77056

Gregg Goldstein, General Counsel

In Ref To Cause No. 2013-59946; PSC Industrial Outsourcing, LP v. Revenew International, LLC; In the 281st

Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas

Our File No. PSC013

Date Attorney Rate Hours Amount Total

ID Task Markup % DNB Time DNB Amt

Attorney: Goolsby, Edward 

7/13/2015 Goolsby, Edward 270.00 0.20 54.00 Billable

494965 A108 Comunicate(external)

Call Harris County District Clerk about supplemental record for brief. 

Reference: L510 Appellate Motions and Submissions

7/20/2015 Goolsby, Edward 270.00 1.70 459.00 Billable

495447 A103 Draft/revise

Revise PSC's brief to add new citations to the supplemental record

recently filed with the First Court of Appeals. 

Reference: L510 Appellate Motions and Submissions

Total: Goolsby, Edward 1.90 $513.00

Attorney: Mensing, Todd 

7/2/2015 Mensing, Todd 500.00 0.40 200.00 Billable

492922 A104 Review/analyze

Review Revenew Reply Brief.

Reference: L510 Appellate Motions and Submissions

7/17/2015 Mensing, Todd 500.00 0.10 50.00 Billable

495444 A104 Review/analyze

Receive correspondence from clerk regarding supplemental record.

Reference: L510 Appellate Motions and Submissions

Total: Mensing, Todd 0.50 $250.00
AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C.

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PSC013:PSC, LLC (continued)

Date Attorney Rate Hours Amount Total

ID Task Markup % DNB Time DNB Amt

Attorney: Milasincic, Adam 

7/6/2015 Milasincic, Adam 300.00 0.40 120.00 Billable

494126 A104 Review/analyze

Analyzed Revenew's reply brief in support of appeal and wrote summary

to client.

Reference: L110 Fact Investigation/Development

Total: Milasincic, Adam 0.40 $120.00

TOTAL Billable Fees 2.80 $883.00

Hold 0.20 $100.00

Date Attorney Price Quantity Amount Total

ID Expense Markup %

Attorney: Administrative 

7/1/2015 Administrative 3711.00 1.000 3,711.00 Billable

495491 E106 Online research

Computer Research - Westlaw - June

Total: Administrative $3,711.00

TOTAL Billable Costs $3,711.00
AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C.

PSC013:PSC, LLC (continued)

Amount Total

Total new charges $4,594.00

Attorney Summary

Attorney Rate Hours Charges Slip Value Adjustment

EBG 270.00 1.90 $513.00 $513.00 0.00

TWM 500.00 0.50 $250.00 $250.00 0.00

AAM 300.00 0.40 $120.00 $120.00 0.00
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Todd W. Mensing focuses on complex commercial litigation. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas 

Board of Legal Specialization, a distinction reserved for Texas trial lawyers with a high degree of trial experience 

and expertise. During the last ten years, an average of fewer than ten attorneys per year statewide has earned the 

distinction. He is recognized among the top lawyers in the nation for commercial litigation in the 2014 and 2015 

editions of The Best Lawyers in America. And Mr. Mensing is recognized in Texas General Commercial Litigation in 

the 2014 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business published by London-based 

Chambers and Partners. He was elected to the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an elite 

group of the country’s leading judges and civil trial lawyers.

Mr. Mensing has tried cases in virtually every arena, including in the areas of commercial and intellectual property 

disputes, executive employment litigation, defense of catastrophic personal injury cases, and complex family law 

matters and criminal trials.

Mr. Mensing is on the Texas Super Lawyers 2013-2014 lists and was named one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in 

Houston in 2014. He also was put on the list in only his fifth year of practice and was one of the youngest attorneys 

in Texas to be named a Super Lawyer. He was named to the “Who’s Who in Energy” list of top 100 Houston energy 

industry leaders published in 2011 – 2014 in several U.S. city business journals. Mr. Mensing has also been named 

one of Houston’s Best Lawyers by H Texas Magazine.

Prior to joining Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C., Mr. Mensing graduated with honors and in 

the top ten percent of his class at the University of Texas School of Law. He obtained his undergraduate degree 

from Stanford University.

Here are some of Mr. Mensing’s recent results for his clients:

• Air Liquide Large Industries U.S., LP v. NRM Investments, Inc., et al. Won a jury verdict for a Houston-based industrial gases 

company in a nearly $4 million fraud and breach of contract case. Mr. Mensing’s cross-examination of opponent’s primary 

expert ended with the key witness admitting he was not, in fact, an expert. The jury rejected all of the $2 million plus claims

against Mr. Mensing’s client and awarded his client $1.7 million, representing full damages, including attorneys’ fees.

• Sentinel Integrity Solutions, Inc. v. MISTRAS Group, Inc. Defended at trial a Houston petrochemical inspection company in a 

$10 million trademark infringement suit in federal court in Houston. At the close of the evidence, the Court dismissed the 

plaintiff’s trademark infringement claim against Mr. Mensing’s client. The jury then deliberated on Mr. Mensing’s client’s 

counterclaim for invalidation of the plaintiff’s trademark. The jury awarded a verdict in Mr. Mensing’s client’s favor by 

invalidating the plaintiff’s trademark after an hour of deliberations.

• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation f/k/a Exxon Corporation, et al.

Defended an international gas storage and pipeline company in a $100 million environmental suit brought by the State of New 

Jersey against Mr. Mensing’s client and two other major energy companies. After several years of litigation, the State 

released Mr. Mensing’s client for less than one-percent of its original demand.

• MBI Global, LLC, et al. v. Hunter Building & Manufacturing, L.P., et al. Five days before jury selection, Mr. Mensing stepped in 

as lead counsel for two manufacturing executives accused of breaching their fiduciary duties to their former employer by 

forming a competing company and joint venturing with a competitor. Mr. Mensing also represented the executives’ new 

company, which the former employer accused of misappropriating trade secrets. The plaintiff claimed over $100 million in 

damages against AZA’s clients, as well as several co-defendants. At the end of the month-long trial, the jury awarded less 

than 2% of the plaintiff’s damages against the executives’ new company, and no-liability findings in favor of the executives 

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themselves. On appeal, Mr. Mensing obtained a complete reversal of the verdict, and the appeals court rendered a takenothing judgment against the plaintiff.

• Wade Brady v. LeaAnne Klentzman and Carter Publications, Inc. d/b/a The West Fort Bend Star, Inc. Obtained a $1.1 million 

jury verdict, including $1 million in punitive damages, against a Houston-area newspaper. The verdict represents one of the 

largest defamation verdicts against a newspaper in Texas history.

• Devin Manning, as Next Friend of Byron Marquis Randon, II v. Eloise Angulo et al. Achieved a defense verdict for a Houston 

medical group in a malpractice trial in which the parents of the child patient alleged that negligent care resulted in severe and 

long-term injuries.

• Al Mamounia, Inc. and Jean Soussan v. Charles M. Lusk, III, d/b/a Guzman Interests, et al. Obtained defense verdict for the 

owners of the Lancaster Hotel located in downtown Houston in a commercial real estate dispute. At the conclusion of the twoweek trial, the jury deliberated for only two hours before unanimously rejecting each of the plaintiff’s claims. The jury also 

found against the plaintiff on counterclaims for statutory theft and conversion, and also entered a finding of malice.

• Bader Malallah, Ph.D. v. Noble Logistic Services f/k/a Dedicated Services, Inc. Successfully defended at trial the Chief 

Financial Officer of a publicly-traded company. The CFO’s former employer sued Mr. Mensing’s client for breach of fiduciary 

duty and sought punitive damages, claiming the CFO had participated in an embezzlement scheme, engaged in self-dealing, 

and conspired to bring litigation against the company while still an officer. The jury delivered a unanimous defense verdict.

• Gaines Watkins v. Input/Output, Inc. Successfully represented at trial an executive of a seismic equipment manufacturer 

claiming age discrimination. The jury returned a verdict that the employer discriminated against Mr. Mensing’s client when it 

terminated him, and did so willfully, resulting in a $1.5 million judgment that was the second-largest employment verdict in 

Texas that year.

• State of Texas v. John Doe. Obtained acquittal at trial of a Houston university professor prosecuted for sexually assaulting a 

female student. After deliberating for less than an hour, the all-female jury returned a not-guilty verdict.

• Ho v. Eckerd Corp et al. Achieved defense verdict for drug provider alleged to have caused severe and long term injuries by 

virtue of providing incorrect drug to the plaintiff.

• Harris County v. Shell Chemical, LP. Represented Harris County in a lawsuit against an international chemical company that 

resulted not only in a historic fine against the company, but also a series of groundbreaking concessions requiring the 

company to provide notice of pollution events to Harris County.

• Plains Marketing, L.P., et al. v. Prairie Pipeline Contractors, Inc. Represented a national pipeline company where the plaintiff 

contractor alleged Mr. Mensing’s client owed it more than $20 million. After pursuing a fraud counterclaim, Mr. Mensing’s 

client settled the matter for less than five percent of the plaintiff’s original demand.

• In the Interest of Xochitil Trejo Whetzel, A Child. Mr. Mensing successfully represented the mother of a minor child in a 

lengthy and complex child custody jury trial. The Court-appointed attorney representing the minor child, as well as the father

of the child, opposed the relief sought by Mr. Mensing’s client. Mr. Mensing’s client nevertheless prevailed on all issues. The 

trial was the Court’s longest of the year. Mr. Mensing stepped into the case ten days before trial.

• Hedges Industrial Enterprises, Inc. v. Rio Tinto PLC v. Motion Industries. Defended a national automotive manufacturing 

company in a trade secret dispute filed in Arizona federal court in which the plaintiff sought over ten million dollars in damages. 

After successfully asserting theories against the co-defendant and the plaintiff, the case settled for less than two percent of the 

plaintiff’s original demand.

• H.E.Y. Ltd. and Aquaduct LLC v. Millennium Interests, Ltd. Represented a large Houston real estate developer in a breach of 

fiduciary suit in which the plaintiffs sought $30 million in damages. The case settled for less than three percent of the plaintiff’s 

original demand.

• Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company v. Columbia Gulf Transmission Company. Defended against a $150 million breach of 

contract lawsuit related to the joint operation of a pipeline system located in offshore Louisiana. A national energy corporation 

brought the case against Mr. Mensing’s client, a multi-state pipeline company. Mr. Mensing’s client achieved a walk-away 

settlement.

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• Arturo Flores, et al. v. Millennium Interests, et al. Defended a national real estate development firm in a bet-the-company 

lawsuit filed in federal court. Closely monitored by lawyers, trade groups, and legislators across Texas, the case involved the

application of a new series of legislative reforms that had not yet been interpreted by any court, and held industry-wide 

implications for Texas real estate developers. The Court issued a take-nothing judgment in favor of Mr. Mensing’s client and 

construed the law in his client’s favor.

Mr. Mensing was born in Modesto, California. In 1994, he earned an A.B. in English, with Honors, from Stanford 

University. In 1999, Mr. Mensing graduated in from the University of Texas School of Law, where he was a fourtime recipient of the Dean’s Achievement Award. After graduating from law school, Mr. Mensing began his career in 

the litigation section of Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. In March of 2001, Mr. Mensing joined Ahmad, Zavitsanos, 

Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C.

EDUCATION

• Stanford University (A.B., with Honors, 1994)

• University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with Honors, Order of the Coif, 1999)

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3460 One Houston Center

1221 McKinney Street

Houston, Texas 77010-2009

Phone: 713 655-1101

Fax: 713 655-0062

Email: amilasincic@azalaw.com

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Adam Milasincic is a trial and appellate lawyer who sues and defends some of the largest companies in Texas, 

often in the energy sector. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in industries as far-flung as hospitality and 

information technology, maintaining a broad practice that has included management of multi-million dollar contract 

disputes, partnership break-ups, business torts, mineral lease contests, labor disputes, employment claims, and 

wrongful death, among others.

For his plaintiffs’ work, Mr. Milasincic was selected for inclusion in the 2015 Texas Rising Stars list, which honors 

the best Texas lawyers under age 40 and those who have practiced less than 10 years. Fewer than 2.5 percent of

eligible Texas attorneys earn this selection each year.

His work is routinely profiled in business media such as Law360 and the Houston Chronicle. (See recent examples 

here , here , here, and here.)

RECENT SUCCESSES FOR PLAINTIFFS INCLUDE:

• Selected jury, examined witnesses, and argued dispositive motions, leading to $11.4 million verdict for business 

disparagement and dismissal or defeat of all counterclaims.

• Helped royalty owner win $1.2 million settlement in pooling dispute with operator.

• Represented minority owner of hotel and retail business in lawsuit against majority owners and achieved highly favorable 

settlement that resulted in client obtaining sole ownership of both businesses.

• Won precedent-setting decision under Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to send client’s multimillion-dollar dispute over 

natural-gas processing plant back to state court. Plains Gas Solutions, LLC v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 2014 WL 

4365087 (S.D. Tex. Sept. 2, 2014).

• Represented former United States Cabinet member in trespass dispute with pipeline developer, resulting in highly favorable 

terms for new easement.

RECENT SUCCESSES FOR DEFENDANTS INCLUDE:

• In trespass suit against oilfield transportation giant, wrote and argued special exceptions that cut in half plaintiff’s $73 million 

damages model, and wrote and won summary judgment motion that further restricted damages to little more than $300,000, 

resulting in plaintiff dropping all claims against my client.

• In suit alleging elaborate conspiracy to fire two oilfield tool employees based on race, won summary judgment for defendant 

and won award against plaintiffs for $21,000 in court costs, including partial recovery of electronic discovery fees.

• Wrote all trial and appellate briefs, resulting in affirmance of pre-discovery dismissal of complex suit against government 

pension fund by six fund members and the City of Houston. 405 S.W.3d 204 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2013).

• Won Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of claim for breach of implied warranty of merchantability and pursued strategy that forced 

plaintiff to dismiss the remaining claim with prejudice—and without receiving any settlement.

BACKGROUND

Before joining AZA, Mr. Milasincic was a litigator at Baker Botts LLP. He received his law degree from the 

University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as a Virginia Law Review articles editor and earned the 

highest grades of any student in his first-year class. He also earned the highest score out of the 2,468 applicants 

who took the July 2011 Texas bar examination, an accomplishment for which he was twice featured in the Texas 

Lawyer.

During law school, Mr. Milasincic interned for Judge Lynn N. Hughes of the U.S. District Court for the Southern 

District of Texas, and, as a member of the law school’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, contributed to the winning 

briefs in Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, 131 S.Ct. 2488 (2011) and Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan, 

131 S.Ct. 1899 (2011).

Prior to law school, Mr. Milasincic served as the communications director to the Realtors Association of

Metropolitan Pittsburgh and as the chief of staff and campaign manager for a Pennsylvania legislator. While 

earning his journalism degree from Kent State University, he also worked briefly as a newspaper reporter.

EDUCATION

• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2011 

• Order of the Coif

• Articles Editor, Virginia Law Review

• Earle K. Shawe Labor Relations Award

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• Supreme Court Litigation Clinic

• B.S., journalism, Kent State University, 2006 

• Kappa Tau Alpha

PUBLICATIONS

• “Limitless Opportunities,” Texas Bar Journal, January 2012

• “Disorder Certifying a Class: Misinterpretations of Rule 23(c)(1)(B) and a Proposed Alternative,” 97 Virginia Law Review 979, 

June 2011

ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of Texas

• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

• United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas

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mentioned because matters and client relationships naturally terminate from time to time.

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3460 One Houston Center

1221 McKinney Street

Houston, Texas 77010-2009

Phone: 713 655-1101

Fax: 713 655-0062

Email: egoolsby@azalaw.com

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Edward Goolsby focuses on complex commercial litigation. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of

Houston Law Center, Mr. Goolsby was editor-in-chief of the Houston Law Review. He served as a judicial intern to 

both the Hon. Jerry Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Hon. Adele Hedges of the 

Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas.

Mr. Goolsby, who graduated with highest honors from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, 

has won scholarships and awards for his writing and communications skills, including the Susman Godfrey L.L.P. 

Award for Outstanding Paper in the Area of General Litigation in 2013.

Before law school, he worked in television news, both as a reporter in Lansing, Michigan, and as a news producer 

in Houston. During college he won an Emmy Award for Best Student Newscast while serving as news director and 

anchor of the Northwestern News Report.

EDUCATION

• University of Houston Law Center, JD. summa cum laude

• Ranked #5 of 253

• Order of the Coif

• Order of the Barons

• Editor in Chief – Houston Law Review Board 51

• Writer for ABA Media Alerts Project for Fifth Circuit cases (Spring 2013)

• Tutor for Prof. Craig Joyce’s Torts class (Fall 2012)

• Mock Trial Team Member (Fall 2011 – Spring 2013)

• American Law Institute CLE Scholarship and Leadership Award (Spring 2014)

• Susman Godfrey L.L.P. Award for Outstanding Paper in the Area of General Litigation (Spring 2013)

• LEX Certificate Awards – Highest Grade in Legal Research and Writing, Constitutional Law, Property, and Law Practice 

Strategies (2011 – 2012)

• Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, B.S. summa cum laude in Journalism and Political Science 

• Josephine B. and Newton N. Minow Prize in Communications – Outstanding communication skills and an accomplished 

academic and campus career (Fall 2010)

William C. Fyffe Memorial Award – Best broadcast journalism student at Northwestern (Spring 2010)

BAR ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of Texas

• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas

• U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Texas

• U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Texas

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

• Board of Directors of the Houston Law Review (April 2014 – present)

• Emmy Award – Anchor/News Director for the Best Student Newscast, as selected by the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the 

National Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fall 2011)

PUBLICATIONS

• Why So Serious? Taking the Word “Seriously” More Seriously in Plain Error Review of Federal Sentencing Appeals, 51 Hous. 

L. Rev. 1449 (2014)

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