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Andrew Pickens

Andrew Pickens

Strawn Pickens LLP

Andrew Pickens, founding partner of Strawn Pickens LLP, is a trial-focused commercial litigator with experience across energy, healthcare, and nonprofit sectors. He represents clients such as Kinder Morgan, Valero Energy, and Whitney Oil & Gas in high-stakes disputes. Pickens currently acts for a trustee group in a $1bn governance suit involving Second Baptist Church. His docket includes complex demurrage litigation and a rare partnership-by-estoppel trial for Kinder Morgan Treating LP.
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Phone
713.659.9600
Email
[email protected]
Profile
strawnpickens.com

Accolades

Houston Elite

Profile

Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation. Clients include, e.g., Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Valero Energy LP, Harris County Hospital District, Maverick Engineering, Inc., Unconventional Gas Solutions LLC, etc.

2009 to Present: Partner -- Strawn Pickens LLP, Houston, Texas
1998 to 2009: Partner – Gibbs & Bruns LLP, Houston, Texas
1992 to 1997: Participating Associate – Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, Texas
1991 to 1992: Law Clerk, Judge Donald S. Russell, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
1990 to 1991: Law Clerk, Judge Frank W. Bullock, Jr., U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina

Languages

English; limited French

Memberships

Chambers Spotlight, Texas Houston Committee on Foreign Relations, Member Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow Houston Bar Foundation, Life Fellow

Education

UCLA School of Law, J.D. 1990
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1984

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Key clients

  • Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC and Kinder MorganEnergy Partners L.P.
  • Kinder Morgan Treating L.P.
  • Valero Energy, Ltd.
  • Unconventional Gas Solutions LLC
  • Whitney Oil & Gas LLC/Trimont Energy LLC
  • Jeremiah Counsel Corp.
  • Harris County Hospital District
  • Maverick Engineering, Inc.
  • Chemcad LLC

Work highlights

Representing Jeremiah Counsel Corp. in a lawsuit challenging bylaws that allegedly stripped Second Baptist Church members of voting rights and centralized control, including appointing the former pastor’s son.
Representing Kinder Morgan in a dispute with Union Pacific Railroad over approximately $4–5 million in demurrage fees for delayed railcars at Kinder Morgan’s tank terminals.
Representing Kinder Morgan Treating LP in a $4 million breach of contract case against Pantheon Oil & Gas LP involving a gas plant project.