Aug, 22
2011
Gibbs & Bruns partner Kathy Patrick was named to Texas Lawyer’s special feature, Winning Women. Kathy is one of just 20 women trial and appellate lawyers in Texas to be honored in this special inaugural edition. Winning Women profiles outstanding women litigators and appellate lawyers who “have achieved significant recent victories, as well as displayed […]
Aug, 02
2011
Four Gibbs & Bruns partners are listed in the 2012, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Selection in Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review national survey involving more than 3.9 million confidential evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. The following Gibbs & Bruns partners earned the honor of inclusion in this […]
Jul, 02
2011
Gibbs & Bruns LLP was named a “Go-To Law Firm for Litigation” for the nation’s Top 500 Companies in the eighth annual, 2011 edition of American Lawyer Media’s (ALM) In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies. Nominees for the special reference guide are chosen annually using results from a national ALM survey of […]
Jun, 29
2011
HOUSTON, June 29, 2011 – Today, 22 institutional investors represented by Gibbs & Bruns LLP (“Institutional Investors”) announced they had achieved a settlement with Bank of America and Countrywide of repurchase and mortgage servicing claims on 530 Countrywide-issued residential mortgage backed securities trusts (the “Covered Trusts”) for which BNY Mellon serves as the Trustee. The […]
Jun, 02
2011
Described as having a “diamond-bright reputation in Texas and across the USA,” Gibbs & Bruns LLP was lauded as a top trial firm by Chambers USA in its 2011 directory. The firm earned its ninth consecutive ranking, since 2003, as a Leading General Commercial Litigation firm in Texas. Chambers USA website. “There are no weak links […]
Jun, 02
2011
Gibbs & Bruns LLP’s partners and energy litigation practice received high praise and national recognition from Legal 500 in its 2011 directory. Calling the firm “outstanding” and having a “strong following among oil and gas clients,” Legal 500 ranked Gibbs & Bruns’ energy litigation practice in its top three tiers of firms in the US. […]
Jun, 02
2011
Gibbs & Bruns was named a “Highly Commended Top Tier Firm–2011” by InterContinental Finance Magazine. The firm was considered to have “performed to exceptional levels during one of the most difficult economic periods ever experienced.” InterContinental Finance readership includes “key level individuals within the World’s leading Banks and providers of alternative finance such as Asset, […]
Jun, 02
2011
H-Texas magazine names four Gibbs & Bruns lawyers in its annual issue recognizing Houston’s “Top Lawyers.” Gibbs & Bruns partners Robin Gibbs, Barrett Reasoner, and Brian Ross, along with associate Laura Kissel, all appear in the June 2011 special edition. The Top Lawyers list is compiled through a combination of reader and peer nominations. […]
May, 19
2011
HOUSTON, May 19, 2011 – Yesterday, Texas State District Judge, the Honorable R.K. Sandill, entered a $196 million judgment in favor of Gibbs & Bruns LLP’s client, D. Bobbitt Noel, Jr., against Dallas billionaire Trevor Rees-Jones and energy giant Devon Energy Production Co., L.P. (DVN). The fraud and breach of fiduciary duty judgment was based […]
Mar, 31
2011
HOUSTON, March 31, 2011–Counsel for BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP and Gibbs & Bruns LLP on behalf of certain investors including those who signed the previously-reported October 18, 2010 letter with respect to private label residential mortgage-backed securitizations, as well as counsel for The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, have agreed to […]