Chrysta Castañeda

Chrysta Castañeda

Chrysta Castañeda is a Texas trial attorney specializing in oil and gas disputes. She formed her own boutique law firm in 2014 after more than twenty years as a partner and associate in some of the world’s top law firms.

Books by Chrysta Castañeda

The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens

By Chrysta Castañeda and Loren C. Steffy

The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens

Silver Winner — Best New Nonfiction, IBPA’s Ben Franklin Awards

The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens is Chrysta Castañeda and Loren C. Steffy’s account of the legendary oilman’s final courtroom fight. . Cut out of a Permian Basin deal, Pickens hired Castañeda to sue. In this inside record of the billion-dollar trial that followed, Castañeda  and Pickens take on powerful oil industry adversaries, offering an intimate portrait of a business icon’s final fight and the determination required to win.