Gibbs & Bruns partner Brian Ross was named “Man of the Year” by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, during a finale gala at River Oaks Country Club on June 1st.  Brian raised more funds for this special 10-week campaign, Man and Woman of the Year, than any candidate in the campaign’s […]

Gibbs & Bruns partner Kathy Patrick was named “Best in Litigation” by Euromoney Legal Media Group inaugural Americas Women in Business Law Awards on May 24, 2012. The Women in Business Law awards recognize leading women lawyers from around the nation who were nominated by their peers and selected for the depth of experience in their areas of practice.

  Robin Gibbs was named “Trial Lawyer of the Year” by TEX-ABOTA, the Texas chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, for 2012.  Robin is the founding partner of Gibbs & Bruns LLP, a premier litigation boutique focused on high-stakes business and commercial litigation matters. ABOTA members select the “Trial Lawyer of the Year” […]

HOUSTON, May 14, 2012 –Today, seventeen institutional investors (RMBS Holders) represented by Gibbs & Bruns LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP announced they had achieved an agreement with Residential Capital LLC and its affiliated debtors (Debtors) to grant an $8.7 billion allowed claim to 392 residential mortgage backed securities trusts (the “Covered Trusts”) issued by […]

Read Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” Thomson Reuters article about this latest development for Gibbs & Bruns’ noteholder clients in the $1+ Billion NCFE Trial Against Credit Suisse here: The Countrywide mortgage-backed securities investors who have accused Kathy Patrick and her firm, Gibbs & Bruns, of being patsies in Bank of America’s proposed $8.5 billion MBS […]

HOUSTON (January 31) – Gibbs & Bruns LLP announced today that its clients have issued instructions to US Bank, Wells Fargo, and Deutsche Bank, as Trustees, to open investigations of ineligible mortgages in pools securing over $25 billion of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issued by various affiliates of Morgan Stanley.  Collectively, Gibbs & Bruns’ […]

Houston (January 5) – Gibbs & Bruns LLP announced today that its clients have issued instructions to US Bank and HSBC, as Trustees, to open investigations of ineligible mortgages in pools securing over $19 billion of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issued by various affiliates of Wells Fargo.  Collectively, Gibbs & Bruns’ clients hold over […]

Houston (December 16) – Gibbs & Bruns LLP announced today that its clients have issued instructions to BNY Mellon, US Bank, Wells Fargo, Citibank, and HSBC, as Trustees, to open investigations of ineligible mortgages in pools securing over $95 billion of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issued by various affiliates of JPMorgan.  Collectively, Gibbs & […]

  Read the full text of Nathan Vardi’s Forbes magazine article on Gibbs & Bruns partner Kathy Patrick and the Countrywide RMBS Effort: Wall Street’s New Nightmare: The Next Wave of Mortgage-Backed Securities Claims

  Gibbs & Bruns represented Farouk Systems, manufacturer of the popular CHI hair care products, in an action against Costco concerning the sale of counterfeit products.  After a seven day trial, the jury determined that Costco had sold a counterfeit CHI hair iron.  The jury also awarded Farouk Systems the maximum statutory damages for non-willful trademark infringement […]