An impressive list of thirteen Gibbs & Bruns trial lawyers are named to the latest 2025 Lawdragon guide:
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America
Mike Absmeier
Sam Cruse
Denise Drake
Robin Gibbs (Hall of Fame)*
Mark Giugliano
Andi Gulley
Ashley Kleber
Ayesha Najam
Kathy Patrick
Barrett Reasoner
Brian Ross
David Sheeren
Brice Wilkinson
It’s been a thrill searching far and wide for the best litigators the U.S. has to offer – in antitrust, intellectual property, white collar and investigations, securities and corporate governance litigation, and a vast array of class actions, product liability and other complex civil litigation. They’ve served in the military and government, hail from small towns and big cities, went to prestigious Ivy League schools, state schools, and HBCUs. They are men and women, gay and straight, and increasingly represent an inclusion that looks more like America.
Yet for all their differences, these 2878 lawyers share one thing: They all wanted to be a lawyer, and for most of them, a trial lawyer. They wanted to stand up in court and advocate on behalf of a client whose business, wellbeing or future was in jeopardy. They wanted to get on their feet.
There are nearly 100 law firms included on this guide with 10 or more lawyers recognized. That’s a remarkable statement on the vibrancy of America’s litigation corps.
These lawyers win hundreds of millions, billions even. They win rights, or lose them. They win freedom, or lose it for someone. They have the abilities to change businesses and entire industries. It’s an audacious thing a trial lawyer does: to tell a judge, jury or other arbiter, “Hear me. Believe me. Rule for my client.” Bravo to everyone here, and every litigator out there working on their craft and a cause.
We selected this guide through a record number of submissions, as well as original journalistic research and vetting with the nation’s leading trial lawyers. This guide is 33 percent women and 19 percent inclusive. This guide is dominated by firms who principally represent corporations, typically on defense. But a significant number of the lawyers recognized here represent plaintiffs, as well. Those lawyers denoted with an asterisk are members of our esteemed Hall of Fame.
