Lawdragon‘s 2026 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers highlights Gibbs & Bruns’ entire partnership – all 19 lawyers – for the second consecutive year.
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers
Mike Absmeier
Sam Cruse
Denise Drake
Robin Gibbs (Hall of Fame)
Mark Giugliano
Andi Gulley
Jorge Gutierrez
Caitlin Halpern
Anthony Kaim
Gabriel Kaim
Ashley Kleber
Ross MacDonald
Ayesha Najam
Justin Patrick
Kathy Patrick
Barrett Reasoner
Brian Ross
Charles Rosson
Brice Wilkinson
We’re honored to recognize The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers.
These amazing advocates find pathways to justice for investors who have been defrauded, companies who have been blocked from fair competition and consumers who have been duped, hornswoggled and otherwise had their rights trampled on by ruthless corporations, from social media to pharmaceuticals.
This is our 9th edition reporting on leading lights of the plaintiff financial bar. This guide and the practices it represents have grown exponentially since 2007, when we first published a guide to plaintiff lawyers. Resumed in 2019, it reflects the astounding scale of wealth and, some would say, greed that permeates big business.
Year by year, the accomplishments of these lawyers astound in both the sheer size of the financial compensation they achieve and in the perseverance and legal skill required to succeed in these cases.
We selected members of this guide through our time-honed process of submissions, independent research and vetting with friends and foes. We are extremely grateful for the wonderful submissions we received. Members of the Hall of Fame are denoted with an asterisk.
