Kathleen Cynthia Pickett
Of Counsel

Doyle, Restrepo, Harvin & Robbins, L.L.P.
600 Travis, Suite 4700, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: 713-228-5100
Fax: 713-228-6138
E-mail: cpickett@drhrlaw.com
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Cynthia Pickett has extensive litigation experience, including representation of financial institutions and the FDIC in the 1980's and 1990's, and in contract disputes and torts involving: oil and gas; condemnation; real estate; commercial financing; corporations and partnerships; directors, officers, shareholders and partners; and agriculture. Representative clientele and topical areas of representation include:
  • Oil & Gas: Drilling, exploration and production; Contract disputes; Pipeline condemnations; Royalty and Working Interest accountings and other disputes; Farmouts, operating agreements, equipment and other vendor contract disputes.
  • Real Estate: Commercial financing, development, and construction contract disputes; surety contract disputes; leasing contract disputes.
  • Business Entities: Officer, Director and Shareholder and Partner disputes; trade secrets claims.
  • Financial Institutions/FDIC: Representation of financial institutions and the FDIC in work-outs, restructuring and collections of delinquent loans secured by real estate and various other types of collateral. This practice included debtor and asset searches and investigation, lien and collateral preservation, modification, and restructuring of institution contracts, foreclosures, bankruptcy interventions, and deficiency work.
  • Agriculture: Commercial seed production, sales and distribution agreement disputes.

Educational and Professional Background

  • South Texas College of Law - Doctor of Jurisprudence -- 1980
  • Oxford University, England -- 1978
  • University of Texas, B.A., Spanish -- 1974
  • Escuela de la Tahona, Segovia, Spain -- 1973
  • Universidad De Los Andes, Bogota, Columbia -- 1971

Cynthia Pickett is admitted to practice in Texas and before the Federal District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts, the U.S. 5th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Honors and Awards

  • Staff, South Texas Law Journal
  • Recipient, E. E. Townes Award for Scholastic Excellence
  • Published B Texas Bar Journal (1980)
  • Who's Who in American Law (1989-1990)
  • Cambridge Who's Who (2007)
  • Madison=s Who's Who (2008-2009 Honors Edition)
  • Houston's Top Lawyers by H Texas Magazine (2008)
  • Recognized as one of Houston's Top Lawyer for the People by H Texas Magazine (2009)

Boards

  • Advisory Board Member, Institute for Energy Law of the Center for American and International Law - 2008
  • Executive Committee, Galveston Bay Foundation since 2001
  • Director, Center for Excellence in Education, Vienna, Virginia - since 2001
  • Director, Stevenson Companion Animal Life Care Center, The Texas Veterinary Medical Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A & M University - 1999 - 2004
  • Member of The Methodist Hospital Foundation, Methodist DeBakey Heart Center Council - since 2007