Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Gibbs & Bruns lawyers are trial lawyers who know courtrooms and courtroom success:

• We have recovered more than $23 billion in damages for our plaintiff clients in trials and arbitrations.
• We have defeated claims for hundreds of millions of dollars as defense counsel in trials and arbitrations.

Our litigation boutique is engaged exclusively in high-stakes business and commercial litigation.Gibbs & Bruns is acclaimed for its high-value and precedent-setting work across the banking, energy, technology, and financial services sectors, among others.Exceedingly rare for a litigation firm, we routinely practice on both sides of the docket.With both plaintiff and defense experience, we bring a higher level of insight and strategy to complex disputes.Our lawyers excel in creative approaches to disputes in the context of dynamic and ever-changing industry landscapes.

As top-flight as it gets. A boutique staffed with outstanding lawyers.

An excellent high-stakes litigation firm – top-notch across the board.

- Chambers USA

Creative, resourceful, committed, responsive, talented across the board.

A pleasure to work with.

- Legal 500 US

Founded by Robin Gibbs, named “Father of the Litigation Boutique in Texas” by The Texas Lawbook, the firm sustains a forward-thinking culture of creativity and a personal approach to managing its client matters.Reciprocity is at the core of all the firm’s client engagements. Risk sharing with clients and innovative fee arrangements are a hallmark of Gibbs & Bruns’ practice.The firm’s 42-year track record of successes for clients (since 1983) attests to the talents, creativity, and dedication of the firm’s trial lawyers.

Gibbs & Bruns’ trial docket is as varied as it is robust. Highlights of the firm’s recent high-stakes complex commercial and energy litigation include:

• Lead trial counsel for “Target Plaintiffs’ Group” in a $17 billion antitrust matter against Visa and Mastercard
• Lead trial counsel in massive advertising technology antitrust lawsuit for Google
• High-profile, complex data privacy and antitrust defense for major automotive retailer Reynolds and Reynolds, $1 billion matter value
• Take nothing arbitration win for an energy major in $1 billion+ matter
• High-profile legal malpractice defense matters, including $500 million defense of Baker Botts LLP, and $200 million malpractice defense of Winston & Strawn
• $120 million breach of contract dispute for X Corp.
• Significant private client portfolio, including summary judgment win in $100 million case for attorney Buddy Herz, and $100 million breach of fiduciary matter for former Reed Smith attorney and economist
• Successful settlement of $100 million plaintiffs’ contingency case for E&P company Lone Star Production
• $115 million settlement for plaintiff client Enterprise Products in massive engineering/construction suit Involving $1 billion+ in cost overruns
• Massive and complex CERCLA cases for Occidental Chemical Corporation with estimated $1.8 billion cost of Passiac River cleanup
• $115 million plaintiffs’ breach of contract and fraud case for Patriot Natural Gas
• Successful settlement of $90 million trade secret and patent matter involving SCADA systems for water disposal facilities
• Take nothing judgment for private client in $40 Million trade secrets dispute

Recent case highlights from our precedent-setting securities practice include:

• Recovered $20+ billion for investors in Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) plus additional billions in agreed mortgage servicing reforms; September 25, 2024, marked the final JPMorgan distributions--$400 million – re the global RMBS settlements we handled
• Massive victories in two bellwether RMBS securities cases for PIMCO
• $100 million at issue in these two litigations involving a dozen RMBS trusts
• $10 billion+ across the RMBS market impacted by outcome of these cases
• Two upcoming trials in 2025 in New York Supreme Court for PIMCO in $700 million RMBS matter involving US Bank and Wells Fargo
• Three lawsuits for Trustmark National Bank related to the collapse of the Stanford Financial Group, headed by R. Allen Stanford; alleged damages $5 billion+
• Decade-long representation of Fannie Mae in LIBOR litigation involving $800 million in damages, resulting in recent highly favorable settlements
• Total victory for institutional investors PIMCO, Blackrock and Others in $266 million RMBS IO payment dispute
• $250 million settlement of RMBS Claims with First Franklin & Bank of America Parties, representing PIMCO and TCW
• Fairly unprecedented win of $40 million securities dispute for Oxy against Wells Fargo in terms of winning this case at summary judgment; $1.49 million in attorney’s fees also awarded; upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Three of Gibbs & Bruns’ partners are recognized by two of the most prestigious and elite trial lawyer organizations in the nation.Membership is by invitation only and is limited to lawyers who have achieved a career of excellence; not only demonstrated by their skills during trial, but also by their demonstration of professionalism and integrity.Robin Gibbs, Barrett Reasoner, and Kathy Patrick are all Fellows of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.In addition, Robin, Barrett, and Kathy are Fellows of The American College of Trial Lawyers.

Main Areas of Practice

General Commercial Litigation

Energy Litigation

Antitrust Litigation

Appellate Litigation

Securities Litigation

Institutional Investor Litigation

Privacy and Data Security

Plaintiffs' Contingency Litigation

Contract Disputes

Construction Litigation

Director & Officer Liability

Private Client, Trust & Estate Litigation

Environmental Litigation

Intellectual Property Litigation

Domestic & International Arbitration

Bankruptcy Litigation