Battle of the law firms

Hugh Zhang, Dexter Davis, Amy Blumrosen, and David Stone (pictured, from left) enjoyed the Battle of the Law Firms charity pickleball tournament at the Pickleball Country Club. Hosted by the Houston Hammers, the city’s only ranked professional pickleball team, the event pitted rival law firms against each other in a battle for bragging rights, while raising funds for the PTSD Foundation of America and Camp Hope. Players stepped away from their desks and grabbed their paddles to compete in front of more than 100 spectators and enjoy Tex-Mex from Gringo’s. Players from Adams and Reese, The Rudnicki Firm, King & Spalding, Gibson Dunn, Baker McKenzie, Forman Watkins, Skadden, Akin Gump, BRG, Greenberg Traurig, and AZA Law hit the courts. In a hard-fought final, Akin Gump edged out King & Spalding to earn the title of “Houston’s Best Pickleball-Playing Law Firm.” The Houston Hammers, founded in 2024 by Zhang and Blumrosen, competes in the National Pickleball League (NPL) in both doubles and mixed doubles. Outside of league play, the founders are working to expand access to pickleball in Greater Houston through collaboration with school PE programs and local facilities. 

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