D Magazine Selects Chrysta Castañeda for 2019 ‘Best Lawyers in Dallas’

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D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas 2019D Magazine has again named Chrysta Castañeda to its annual list of the Best Lawyers in Dallas for her work in commercial litigation.

Since launching her own firm in 2014, Ms. Castañeda has been honored with numerous awards, including a prestigious Elite Trial Lawyers recognition from The National Law Journal, as well as winning one of the country’s largest jury verdicts of 2016 in Mesa Petroleum Partners v. Baytech et al. She has also been previously recognized by D Magazine, named as one of the country’s top lawyers by Super Lawyers, and received the “Women in Energy” Award from Texas Lawyer in 2016. Read more

National Law Journal Names Chrysta Castañeda to 2018 Elite Trial Lawyers List

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Chrysta Castañeda has been awarded The National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers Award for 2018.

The Elite Trial Lawyers award recognizes exemplary performance in the courtroom, according to NLJ. The publication’s editors and reporters reviewed about 300 submissions across 23 categories to select the winners. Ms. Castañeda’s profile is available here (subscription required).

One of Ms. Castañeda’s most notable recent victories was a $146 million verdict on behalf of T. Boone Pickens and Mesa Petroleum, which was recognized as one of the largest in the nation in 2016 by NLJ and one of the largest in Texas by Texas Lawyer.

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Texas Super Lawyers Recognizes Chrysta Castañeda on 2018 List of Outstanding Lawyers

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Chrysta Castañeda named to 2018 Texas Super Lawyers

Chrysta Castañeda

Congratulations to Chrysta Castañeda for being selected to the 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list of outstanding Texas attorneys.

Ms. Castañeda, the founding partner of The Castañeda Firm, focuses on oil and gas litigation in the upstream sector, as well as commercial litigation and products liability disputes involving technical evidence. A former engineer, she frequently represents operators, working interest owners, mineral owners and investors on contract and operational questions. She has also served as national coordinating counsel for products manufacturers in products liability and toxic tort claims. Read more

National Law Journal Names Chrysta Castañeda a Finalist for Elite Trial Lawyers Honor

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Chrysta Castañeda named finalist for National Law Journal Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar

Chrysta Castañeda

Chrysta Castañeda has been named a finalist for The National Law Journal’s inaugural list of Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar award.

Other finalists are:

  • Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll – Betsy Miller
  • Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein – Elizabeth Cabraser
  • Robins Kaplan – Hollis Salzman
  • Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll – Kalpana Kotagal
  • Panish Shea & Boyle – Deborah Chang
  • Robins Kaplan – Tara Sutton
  • Susman Godfrey – Kalpana Srinivasan
  • Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll – Julie Reiser

The final winners will be announced at the Elite Trial Lawyers event on Oct. 5, 2018, at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Read more

Chrysta Castañeda Named to D Magazine ‘Best Lawyers in Dallas’

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Congratulations to Chrysta Castañeda for her inclusion in the 2018 D Magazine list of the Best Lawyers in Dallas for her work in commercial litigation.

Chrysta Castañeda named to 2018 Best Lawyers in Dallas

Chrysta Castañeda

Ms. Castañeda, the founding partner of The Castañeda Firm, focuses on oil and gas litigation in the upstream sector, as well as commercial litigation and products liability disputes involving technical evidence. A former engineer, she frequently represents operators, working interest owners, mineral owners and investors on contract and operational questions.  She also has served as national coordinating counsel for products manufacturers in products liability and toxic tort claims. Read more