Who’s Who Legal: Litigation 2024 names Gibbs & Bruns partners Robin Gibbs, Kathy Patrick, and Barrett Reasoner to its list of leading commercial litigators from across the nation.  Research Methodology Building on over 20 years of market experience, the WWL research process is conducted using proprietary digital and in-person qualitative techniques, with 5,000 interviews with […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]

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 […]

Benchmark Litigation unveiled its ninth edition of  “Benchmark Litigation – 40 & Under Rankings” naming seven Gibbs & Bruns trial lawyers:   Denise Drake   Jorge Gutierrez   Gabriel Kaim   Ross MacDonald   Charles Rosson   David Sheeren   Brice Wilkinson  This exclusive list of partners age 40 or under, compiled by the Benchmark Litigation editors, includes “the most promising emerging […]

Five Gibbs & Bruns associates are named to “The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X- The Next Generation” guide: Michael Davis Mark  Doré Caitlin Halpern Justin D. Patrick Shannon N. Smith This second annual Lawdragon guide is based on nominations, peer recomendations, and independent editorial research. We are incredibly proud on this particular morning to write about […]

Legal 500 released its 2024 rankings naming Gibbs & Bruns in four litigation practice areas and highlighting eleven Gibbs & Bruns trial lawyers. In addition, Gibbs & Bruns is honored with a special new “client satisfaction” ranking in a newly-released area of focus for Legal 500.  Gibbs & Bruns continues its Tier 1 recognition in […]