News
Jun, 01
2017
Robin Gibbs, Founding Partner of Gibbs & Bruns, has been named recipient of the 2017 Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award by the Texas Bar Foundation. This exclusive award is presented annually to an active trial lawyer who “has demonstrated high ethical and moral standards and has demonstrated exceptional professional conduct, thus enhancing the image […]
Apr, 03
2017
HOUSTON, April 3, 2017 – Today, 14 institutional investors represented by Gibbs & Bruns LLP (“Institutional Investors”) announced they have reached an agreement with the Plan Administrator for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and the other Debtors in the Lehman Bankruptcy Proceeding (the “Plan Administrator”) under which the Plan Administrator has made a binding offer (“Offer”) […]
Sep, 14
2016
Gibbs & Bruns LLP litigation boutique was named the winner of Texas Lawyer‘s 2016 “Litigation Departments of the Year” award. Gibbs & Bruns was recognized for this honor in the small firm category. This Texas Lawyer award celebrates the firm’s successes for its clients over the past year, including two billion dollar settlements in the past […]
Jul, 11
2016
Founding partner Robin Gibbs was featured by Law 360 in a special Q&A series entitled “Trial Pros.” Named the “Father of the Litigation Boutique in Texas” by The Texas Lawbook, Robin Gibbs has over four decades of experience in handling high-stakes commercial litigation matters. Robin’s practice, and that of his firm, focuses exclusively on […]
May, 27
2016
Gibbs & Bruns’ Kathy Patrick is featured in a special article series, “Law360’s Influential Women in Securities Law.” Kathy’s recent recoveries of more than $21 billion for mortgage-back securities investor clients are the focus of the article feature, including the precedent-setting $8.5 billion deal with Bank of America. “What struck me about Kathy from the first time […]
May, 26
2016
Gibbs & Bruns partner Barrett Reasoner was featured by Law 360 in a special Q&A series entitled “Trial Pros.” Barrett focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation in a broad array of areas, including oil and gas, securities, legal and professional malpractice, construction, environmental and intellectual property law. Barrett has tried cases in state […]
May, 09
2016
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 […]
May, 02
2016
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 […]
Apr, 17
2016
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 […]
Apr, 08
2016
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 […]