Successfully defended out of state software engineer from local entrepreneur’s attempt to abscond with copyrighted software without paying for it and simultaneously sought and had granted New Mexico federal court injunction issued against Texas state court plaintiff. Then had Texas plaintiff’s state court case dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Result: state court plaintiff\federal court defendant’s insurance policy paid big money to my client Ziatek.

Designed and implemented plan for developer to accumulate all lots in 50 acre 1949 paper street subdivision for purposes of replatting by filing approximately 25 lawsuits under the declaratory judgment act.

Successfully defended property owner being criminally prosecuted in jury trial for failing to prevent criminals in the dead of night dumping trailer loads of trash on its retail strip mall property for more than 10 years. This was a political case involving jurisdictional boundary disputes between the City of San Antonio and Bexar County. This one made the local nightly news in San Antonio, Texas. Six Bexar County Jurors found PMI not guilty.

Designed and implemented uniform reporting and collection system reversing more than 95% of Texas Mutual’s denial of workers compensation on pharmaceutical vendor’s claims through the administrative hearing process.

Successfully garnished bankrupt physician’s bank account to collect $7,500 sanction order rendered against him in family court. Child support and attorney’s fees arising out of a family court proceedings are typically non-dischargeable. After our garnishment was served, we had $20,000 cashier’s check in hand from bankrupt’s bank.

In Howard Kahn’s first year of practice, he collected $133,500.00 arising out of his father’s $71,733.54 mechanics and materialman’s lien claim after 8 years of litigation, which included a published granted petition for writ of mandamus against a Texas district court judge. Kahn v Garcia, 816 S.W.2d 131 (1991). Howard assumed control of the case on the day after becoming licensed in the State of Texas in 1990 after 2 seasoned attorneys gave up.

Successfully defended national beauty product and service franchiser from a $40 million liability.

After first attorney withdrew, Howard won a jury trial acquittal for client wrongfully accused of DWI and then represented that same man as plaintiff in collecting policy limits on two liability insurance policies against prosecution’s principal witness.

Convinced 12 member jury to find 12 year common law marriage resulting in substantial division of community property upon dissolution despite husband’s production of an antecedent non marital cohabitation agreement. Wife made dinner, mowed lawn, did their laundry and had her own job too.

Won $110,000.00 Judgment of Non-Dischargability in bankruptcy court for fraud in a residential construction improvement project.