Best Lawyers 2023 Highlights 14 Gibbs & Bruns Trial Lawyers

Gibbs & Bruns trial lawyers Robin Gibbs, Kathy Patrick, Barrett Reasoner, Sam Cruse, Brian Ross, Anthony Kaim and Scott Humphries are highlighted in The Best Lawyers in America 2023 directory – the 29th edition of the directory – in multiple areas of litigation practice.

Barrett Reasoner received special recognition in this year’s directory as “Best Lawyer of the Year – Houston: Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants.”  This exclusive award is presented to just one lawyer in a practice area each year. 

In addition, Ross MacDonald, Denise Drake, Jorge M. Gutierrez, Jr.,  Conor McEvily, Gabriel Kaim, Caitlin Halpern and Justin Patrick are highlighted in the third edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2023.  

Best Lawyers is the oldest peer-ranking directory “compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.”

Robin Gibbs
Ranked in Best Lawyers since 1993
25+ years of recognition

  2012 Lawyer of the Year – Securities Litigation – Houston
  2011 Lawyer of the Year – Bet-The-Company Litigation – Houston
  Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Energy Law
  Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Litigation – Securities

Kathy Patrick
Ranked in Best Lawyers since 2008

  2022 Lawyer of the Year – Securities Litigation – Houston
  2020 Lawyer of the Year – Bet-the-Company Litigation – Houston
  Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Litigation – Securities

Barrett Reasoner
Ranked in Best Lawyers since 2006

  2023 Lawyer of the Year – Legal Malpractice – Defendants – Houston
  2019 Lawyer of the Year – Securities Litigation – Houston
  2017 Lawyer of the Year – Construction Litigation – Houston
  2016 Lawyer of the Year – Securities Litigation – Houston
  2015 Lawyer of the Year – Bet-The-Company Litigation – Houston
  Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
  Construction Law  
  Energy Law
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Litigation – Construction
  Litigation – Securities

Sam Cruse
Ranked in Best Lawyers since 2021

  Commercial Litigation

Brian Ross
Ranked in Best Lawyers since 2020

  Commercial Litigation

Anthony Kaim
Ranked in Best Lawyers since 2020

  Commercial Litigation

Scott Humphries
Ranked in Best Lawyers since 2017

  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Securities

Ross MacDonald
Ranked in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2021

  Commercial Litigation

Denise Drake
Ranked in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2023

  Commercial Litigation

Jorge M. Gutierrez, Jr.
Ranked in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2021

  Commercial Litigation

Conor McEvily
Ranked in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2023

  Appellate Practice
  Commercial Litigation

Gabriel Kaim
Ranked in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2022

  Commercial Litigation

Caitlin Halpern
Ranked in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2023

  Commercial Litigation

Justin Patrick 
Ranked in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2023

  Commercial Litigation