Category Timeline Stories
Oct, 01
2023
Gibbs & Bruns lawyers are trial lawyers who know courtrooms and courtroom success: We have recovered more than $23 billion in damages for our plaintiff clients in trials and arbitrations. We have defeated claims for hundreds of millions of dollars as defense counsel in trials and arbitrations. Our litigation boutique engaged exclusively in high-stakes litigation. […]
Sep, 21
2021
A recent $12 million+ trial win for client David Dunwoody, Jr. marks the sixth decade that Robin Gibbs, Founding Partner of Gibbs & Bruns LLP, obtained jury verdicts in Houston and beyond. Robin celebrated 50 years of trial law practice on September 20, 2021.
Sep, 16
2021
On September 13, 2021, the 151st District Court issued a final judgment in favor of Gibbs & Bruns client David M. Dunwoody, Jr. against EnVen Energy Corporation following a three-week trial and jury verdict rendered on July 12, 2021. Mr. Dunwoody is the former co-founder and President of EnVen Energy Corp. (“EnVen” or the “Company”). Gibbs & […]
May, 24
2021
We secured a total defense verdict following a three-week jury trial in a multi-million dollar trade secrets case. The firm represented Richard Murphy, a subsea tree engineer, in a misappropriation of trade secrets case brought by FMC Technologies, Inc., his former employer, against Mr. Murphy and Mr. Murphy’s current employer, Dril-Quip, Inc. FMC alleged that […]
Oct, 08
2020
We represented Natural Resource Partners (“NRP”) in a case brought by Anadarko. Anadarko alleged that an anti-flip provision in an asset purchase agreement was triggered by an internal tax restructuring, and that NRP owed a buyout fee ranging between $56 million and $78 million as a result. NRP purchased Anadarko’s 49% minority ownership share of […]
Oct, 08
2020
Forbes’ “America’s Top Corporate Law Firms 2019” features Gibbs & Bruns LLP among a shortlist of just 243 U.S. firms. Gibbs & Bruns received the most recommendations for “Litigation & Dispute Resolution” law based on an independent survey of nearly 100,000 lawyers conducted by Forbes and Statista.
Jan, 11
2019
Gibbs & Bruns won an $8 million lender liability verdict against Allied Bank of Texas for client Basil Narun.
Dec, 26
2018
Gibbs & Bruns celebrates 35 years of service to its highly-sophisticated and diverse client base.
Dec, 26
2018
In this case, which was closely watched by the construction industry in Texas and across the country, Gibbs & Bruns recovered more than $37.2 million for its client, Zachry Construction Corporation, after a successful trial and multiple appellate proceedings that established numerous legal principles favorable to Zachry regarding construction law and governmental immunity. Following a […]
Dec, 26
2018
On March 17, 2017, the firm reached a settlement with the Plan Administrator for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and the other Debtors in the Lehman bankruptcy proceeding on behalf of 14 institutional investor clients. The agreement obligates Lehman to make a binding offer to the trustees of 244 RMBS trusts issued by Lehman (or into […]