Nov, 07
2024
Gibbs & Bruns LLP is featured, for the 15th consecutive year, on Best Law Firms® annual “Best Law Firms” list. Best Law Firms relies on an intensive research process designed to provide an objective and reliable measure of legal merit within the United States. This methodology gathers multiple data points, capturing perspectives from clients, peers and law […]
Oct, 08
2024
Gibbs & Bruns’s Barrett Reasoner and his sister Macey Reasoner Stokes will receive the 2025 Anti-Defamation League’s Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award. They are the first siblings to receive this prestigious award which the ADL Southwest presents annually “to an outstanding member of the legal community who exhibits a commitment to equality, justice, fairness and […]
Oct, 03
2024
Benchmark Litigation has named Gibbs & Bruns LLP a Top 20 Trial Firm and Top Boutique for the seventh consecutive year in its newly-released 2025 rankings. Benchmark Litigation also ranks Gibbs & Bruns in its top category of “Highly Recommended” firms in Texas, a position Gibbs & Bruns has held since the directory’s inception in […]
Oct, 01
2024
Gibbs & Bruns LLP is pleased to announce the promotion of Justin D. Patrick to the partnership. Justin focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation. He has particular experience representing clients in the upstream and midstream oil and gas, commodities and derivatives trading, automotive, and technology sectors. His work on high-profile, high-stakes matters spans state […]
Sep, 30
2024
We represented Patriot Natural Gas in breach of contract dispute. Patriot was to acquire PetroQuest’s East Texas O&G assets, including 30 horizontal wells for $115 million. After the Purchase and Sale Agreement was signed, Patriot discovered the wells had significant casing pressure issues and other environmental defects. Patriot raised these defects to PetroQuest, but PetroQuest […]
Sep, 17
2024
Fourteen Gibbs & Bruns trial lawyers are named in the 2024 edition of Texas Super Lawyers. Published annually, Texas Super Lawyers compiles its “Top Lawyer” rankings and lists based on peer nominations and editorial research. Gibbs & Bruns lawyers named in the 2024 edition of Texas Super Lawyers include: Robin Gibbs Kathy Patrick Barrett Reasoner Mark Giugliano […]
Sep, 09
2024
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 […]
Aug, 15
2024
Gibbs & Bruns’s Caitlin Halpern was selected as a 2024 Texas Legal Awards “Influential Woman of the Year” finalist. She’s won precedent-setting matters for PIMCO; scored major victories for Oxy in cases involving the collapse of a salt mine operated by Texas Brine; represented a local restauranteur in multiple lease disputes; argued and won an […]
Aug, 15
2024
Eighteen Gibbs & Bruns trial lawyers are highlighted in 2025 The Best Lawyers in America directory in multiple areas of litigation practice. Twelve partners are recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and six associates are named in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch. Barrett Reasoner was named 2025 “Houston Lawyer of the Year – […]
Aug, 14
2024
Gibbs & Bruns partner Kathy Patrick is featured in the 2024 edition of Benchmark Litigation‘s “Top 250 Women in Litigation.” This is Kathy’s thirteenth consecutive appearance on this annual list. The extensive research process used in the creation of Benchmark’s Top 250 Women in Litigation 2024 involves months of investigation into individual litigators’ professional activities […]