Gibbs & Bruns’s Caitlin Halpern was selected as a 2024 Texas Legal Awards “Influential Woman of the Year” finalist.
She’s won precedent-setting matters for PIMCO; scored major victories for Oxy in cases involving the collapse of a salt mine operated by Texas Brine; represented a local restauranteur in multiple lease disputes; argued and won an issue of first impression concerning an exemption to the FAA; continued serving as the firm’s pro bono liaison and Executive Director of the Rikers Debate Project; began working with the Texas Defender Service, UT Parole Project, and Susman Godfrey to build a statewide network of pro bono parole attorneys (Gibbs & Bruns has taken 21 parole cases and achieved favorable outcomes in 17, with 4 matters pending); and is becoming certified as a foster parent. Just a few highlights of the past year for Caitlin Halpern.
As a client shared with Chambers USA 2024:
“I am very impressed with her. She’s got a lot of potential.”
View the full list of 2024 Texas Legal Award finalists here.
Texas Legal Awards finalists and honorees are selected by Law.com and Texas Lawyer’s editors and reporters. Winners will be recognized at an awards dinner in October in Dallas.