Jun, 17
2025
Appellate Victory, Reversed and Rendered Take-Nothing Judgment for Private Clients in $22.5 Million Tortious Interference Matter On June 17, 2025, the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals reversed a Harris County District Court’s denial of (i) personal-jurisdiction challenge and (ii) a challenge under Texas’s anti-SLAPP statute, and rendered a take-nothing judgment in favor of Gibbs & […]
Jun, 11
2025
Legal 500 released its 2025 national rankings naming Gibbs & Bruns in the Top Tier ranking for Energy Litigation: Oil & Gas – a coveted Tier 1 ranking the firm has held since 2007. Gibbs & Bruns is also ranked in top national tiers for Leading Trial Lawyers, General Commercial Disputes, and Securities Litigation: Plaintiff. In […]
Jun, 06
2025
Lawdragon‘s 2025 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers highlights Gibbs & Bruns’ entire partnership – all 19 lawyers – and includes a feature focus on Kathy Patrick. The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers Mike Absmeier Sam Cruse Denise Drake Robin Gibbs (Hall of Fame) Mark Giugliano Andi Gulley Jorge Gutierrez Anthony Kaim Gabriel Kaim Ashley […]
Jun, 05
2025
Renowned legal directory Chambers USA 2025 names ten Gibbs & Bruns trial lawyers to its elite litigation rankings, in both the Texas and Nationwide categories. An impressive 47% of the firm’s partners are ranked in the 2025 directory in the areas of: General Commercial Litigation – Texas Trial Lawyers – Texas & Nationwide Securities […]
May, 14
2025
On May 14, 2025, after a two-week trial, a Texas jury in the 80th District Court of Harris County returned a take-nothing defense verdict in favor of Gibbs & Bruns client Hi-Crush Permian Sand LLC (“Hi-Crush”). The lawsuit was filed on June 10, 2022, by plaintiff Universal Pressure Pumping, Inc. now known as Nextier Completion […]
May, 14
2025
On May 14, 2025, after a two-week trial, a Texas jury in the 80th District Court of Harris County returned a take-nothing defense verdict in favor of Gibbs & Bruns client Hi-Crush Permian Sand LLC (“Hi-Crush”). The lawsuit was filed on June 10, 2022, by plaintiff Universal Pressure Pumping, Inc. now known as Nextier Completion […]
May, 12
2025
We represented Kinder Morgan, Inc. (“Kinder Morgan”) and Utica Marcellus Texas Pipeline, LCC (“UMTP”), a Kinder Morgan subsidiary, in a case brought by American Ethane Company, LLC (“AEC”) arising out of a 2014 Term Sheet between UMTP and AEC. In May of 2014, AEC was a start-up company funded by Russian billionaires, including Roman Abramovich, […]
May, 12
2025
We represented Kinder Morgan, Inc. (“Kinder Morgan”) and Utica Marcellus Texas Pipeline, LCC (“UMTP”), a Kinder Morgan subsidiary, in a case brought by American Ethane Company, LLC (“AEC”) arising out of a 2014 Term Sheet between UMTP and AEC. In May of 2014, AEC was a start-up company funded by Russian billionaires, including Roman Abramovich, […]
Apr, 01
2025
Gibbs & Bruns’s Barrett Reasoner and his sister Macey Reasoner Stokes received the 2025 Anti-Defamation League’s Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award during an April 1st luncheon at the Hilton Americas with nearly 800 guests in attendance. They are the first siblings to receive this prestigious award which the ADL Southwest presents annually “to an outstanding […]
Feb, 21
2025
Gibbs & Bruns’s entire partnership – 19 trial lawyers – is highlighted in The 2025 Lawdragon Leading Energy Lawyers. This is the fourth edition of this special focus directory. Gibbs & Bruns’ Lawdragon Leading Energy Lawyers 2025 Mike Absmeier Sam Cruse Denise Drake Robin Gibbs* (Lawdragon Hall of Fame) Mark Giugliano Aundrea “Andi” Gulley Jorge […]