Profile

Koy Killen is an associate in Winstead's Commercial Litigation and Energy & Environmental Law practices. Koy has experience in various aspects of civil litigation and appellate law, including general commercial litigation, oil and gas, real estate, premises liability, personal injury and defense of governmental entities. Koy has argued multiple jury trials, and he was recognized as a Texas Rising Star in 2008-2011 and one of Tarrant County's Top Attorneys by his peers in 2006-2011.

Representative Experience

General

• Experience in all stages of litigation including seeking and resisting injunctive relief, summary judgment, bench trials, jury trials, post-judgment enforcement, and appeals
• Extensive experience taking and defending depositions, and arguing a wide array of motions at hearings in court
• General civil and commercial litigation
• Oil and gas litigation and appeals
• Condemnation
• Real estate litigation
• Premises liability
• Personal injury
• Governmental entity defense
• First chair jury trial experience

Energy

• Trial counsel in lawsuit over alleged failure to properly pay royalty on natural gas liquids and residue gas
• Defended a petroleum consulting firm and one of its officers in a case alleging breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfers, preferential payments, and money had and received.
• Trial counsel in lawsuit alleging oil & gas lease termination. Obtained summary judgment on behalf of oil field services company in lawsuit for alleged surface damage.
• Hydrocarbon pipeline condemnation suits filed by common carriers under eminent domain law.
• Representing a major land and petroleum exploration company in a lawsuit challenging the validity of liens filed against client's mineral interests by oilfield supply companies in various West Texas properties.
• Defended one of the world's largest energy companies in an East Texas case seeking surface damages.
• Defended major North Texas production company in Federal Court class certification claim over alleged royalty underpayment.   

Other

• Represented hotel owner in an easement dispute with a neighboring property owner.
• Served as trial counsel for a national industrial fabrication company in a construction contract suit involving a commercial bakery.
• Served as defense counsel in a Tarrant County commercial lease dispute.
• Defense of realtors in suits alleging fraud, negligent misrepresentation and violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
• Trial counsel in numerous commercial contract disputes.