Gibbs & Bruns LLP partner Barrett Reasoner penned a heartfelt tribute to his father, Harry Reasoner, in the Spring 2016 edition of the Journal of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, entitled “A Tribute to Harry Reasoner.” Harry Reasoner, former Managing Partner of Vinson & Elkins, is a longtime friend and colleague of the trial […]

  Gibbs & Bruns partner Barrett Reasoner was nominated to join the elite International Academy of Trial Lawyers. The Academy is a truly distinct group with only 500 active trial lawyers under the age of 70.  The Academy includes trial lawyers representing both sides of the Bar and membership is by invitation only following an […]

In its “Glass Ceiling Report” Law 360 released its 2016 ranking of firms with the highest percentage of women in the partnership.  Gibbs & Bruns LLP placed in the 14th position on the “Ceiling Smashers” shortlist of just 27 firms whose women partnership ranks are above 33 percent.   Gibbs & Bruns’s women partnership percentage is 37.5 […]

Gibbs & Bruns partner Kathy Patrick was named to Law 360’s “20 Most Influential Women in Securities Law.” Law 360 editors selected a “top group of women who have…scored major victories for companies and their shareholders and shattered assumptions” in this particular area of law.  Kathy was selected to the shortlist of 20 lawyers from over […]

Gibbs & Bruns LLP was named the 2016 Harris County Bench Bar Pro Bono Award recipient in the mid-size firm category. The Harris County Bench Bar Pro Bono Award was established by the Houston Bar Association and the Harris County judiciary to “recognize outstanding pro bono service by law firms, corporations and individual attorneys.”  Each year, […]

The Texas Lawbook named Robin Gibbs “The Father of the Litigation Boutique in Texas” in its “Lions of the Texas Bar” feature. Robin is lauded for combining “two great Texas traits – being an entrepreneurial businessperson and being a great trial lawyer – to become the father of the modern day litigation boutique.” The feature article […]

 Law 360 highlighted Gibbs & Bruns LLP’s founding partner Robin Gibbs in its special “Trial Aces” feature.  The feature recognized accomplished U.S. trial lawyers whose track records stand testament to their years of dedicated service to their clients and their trade. The article feature focused on Robin’s four-decades long career which is studded with brilliant wins […]

  Robin Gibbs, Founding Partner of Gibbs & Bruns LLP, was named a “Trial Ace” in a feature article series by Law 360. Law 360 selected 50 trial lawyers from across the US for its inaugural series whose careers are filled with high-stakes trial wins and other monumental successes for clients.

Precedent–Setting Settlement Obtained by Gibbs & Bruns on Behalf of 22 Institutional Investor Clients   Today, March 5, 2015, the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division approved in its entirety the $8.5 billion Countrywide RMBS settlement negotiated by Gibbs & Bruns LLP on behalf of its RMBS clients, including PIMCO, Blackrock, MetLife and others.  This […]

HOUSTON, January 23, 2015 – Today, the Holders of 25% Voting Rights in 119 Residential Mortgage Backed Securities Trusts (RMBS) with an original balance of more than $82 billion issued a Notice of Non-Performance (Notice) to BNY Mellon, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, US Bank, and Wells Fargo, as Trustees, Securities Administrators, and/or Master Servicers, regarding […]