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Ms. Pickett is a Shareholder in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Santa Barbara office and a member of the firm’s Corporate & Business Department. Her practice concentrates on the areas of federal income and California income and property tax, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and business matters. She represents private and public companies as well as public-private entities in all stages of the business cycle. Ms. Pickett's clients include individuals, business entities covering a wide range of industries and market segments (telecommunications, emerging technology, retailers/manufacturers, real estate, film and entertainment, mutual water companies), nonprofits and public agencies. Ms. Pickett combines her practical, business, accounting and legal skills to structure and implement strategies to maximize the business and personal goals of the client, while minimizing accompanying tax impacts. Recent transactions include structuring a tax-free reorganization between a privately-held corporation and a public company; formulating tax strategies for the transfer of water rights involving a mutual water company; formulating and implementing multiple, complex Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges; counseling a community foundation on the acquisition of a radio station from the shareholders of a privately-held corporation; structuring the tax-free transfer of water-related assets from a private mutual water company to a public agency; and negotiating with the IRS to obtain a private letter ruling allowing for the tax-free reinvestment of proceeds into publicly-traded securities following the condemnation of privately-held securities. Ms. Pickett actively counsels public charities and private foundations through her knowledge and experience with both federal and California rules and regulations. Ms. Pickett serves as general counsel to numerous nonprofit organizations, including an internationally-renowned public charity dedicated to improving the health of people in need through the provision of essential medical material resources. Ms. Pickett also volunteers by serving as a director and/or officer for multiple public charities. | 