HOUSTON, August 9, 2010 – Kathy Patrick, a partner in Gibbs & Bruns, represents The John M. O’Quinn Foundation, the sole beneficiary under the will of the late, legendary trial lawyer John O’Quinn.  On August 9th, Patrick and Gibbs & Bruns associate Laura Kissel won an important preliminary victory when the Honorable Mike Wood, Harris […]

Robin Gibbs, Founding Partner of Gibbs & Bruns LLP, is featured in the July/August edition of The Houston Lawyer‘s “A Profile in Professionalism.” Click here to read Professionalism: An Essential Aspect of our Practice of Law.

On the heels of his service as President of the Houston Bar Association (HBA), Gibbs & Bruns partner Barrett Reasoner assumed a role on the State Bar of Texas’s Board of Directors this June.  Barrett serves as Representative of District 4, Place 1 with a term that expires in 2013.  The Board serves as the governing body of […]

HOUSTON, May 10, 2010 – Gibbs & Bruns LLP received the prestigious 2009 Harris County Bench Bar Pro Bono Award in the mid-size firm category at the second annual Harris County Bench Bar Pro Bono Award ceremony today.  The Houston Bar Association and the Harris County judiciary established the award program to recognize outstanding pro bono service […]

HOUSTON, April 30, 2010 – Following a complex three-month jury trial against the Port of Houston Authority—and a resulting jury verdict for Gibbs & Bruns client Zachry Construction Corporation—the trial court entered final judgment this week awarding Zachry $23.4 million in damages.  This breach of contract lawsuit arose from the Port’s last-minute rejection of a […]

HOUSTON, April 22, 2010 —Robin C. Gibbs, founding partner of Gibbs & Bruns LLP, received the prestigious Leon Green award from the University of Texas School of Law.  Mr. Gibbs accepted the award during the Texas Law Review’s Annual Banquet which was headlined with a keynote address by U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. […]

HOUSTON, January 21, 2010 – Following a lengthy, complex jury trial against the Port of Houston Authority, Gibbs & Bruns emerged with a nearly $20 million jury verdict for its client, Zachry Construction Corporation.  The breach of contract lawsuit arose out of the Port’s last-minute rejection of a contractually approved construction method that Zachry intended […]

Gibbs & Bruns partner Kathy Patrick was recently elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. According to the Foundation, “Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their outstanding professional achievements and their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of the justice system throughout the state of Texas.” Kathy Patrick focuses her practice […]

As part of his platform as Houston Bar Association President, Gibbs & Bruns partner Barrett Reasoner has worked to increase the scope of the HBA’s Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program (HVLP).  In particular, HVLP’s free legal clinics are reaching more Houstonians in need than ever before.  

HOUSTON, June 23, 2009 – Gibbs & Bruns LLP of Houston announced today that it achieved a record $1.7 billion settlement package for its client, Huntsman Corporation, in the widely followed trial of Huntsman’s claims against Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.  Under the terms of the settlement, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank will pay Huntsman […]