LAWYER PROFILE
Brian Ross

Brian Ross

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Complex Commercial Litigation

Antitrust Litigation

Energy Litigation

Career

Brian is well regarded for his commercial litigation and arbitration abilities. He has noteworthy expertise in complex energy-related disputes.”

  - Chambers USA 2025

“Brian has lots of experience. He is smart and has a charismatic personality.”

“Brian is a really smart guy. He is a great lawyer.”

- Chambers 2024

Brian is recognized in Legal 500 as a “Leading Lawyer” in Energy Litigation: Oil & Gas, 2023-2025.

Brian is a native Houstonian and Harvard Law graduate who became a partner at Gibbs & Bruns in 2008. While Brian regularly excels and wins in the courtroom and arbitration hearings, he also prides himself on solving his clients’ problems outside the courtroom whenever possible. Brian’s happy clients include some of the world’s largest energy companies, healthcare organizations, private equity funds, software companies, individual investors, and even other lawyers.

When he is not representing clients or spending time with his wife and two children, Brian is a tireless advocate for non-profit cancer organizations. A lymphoma survivor himself, Brian has served on the Board of Trustees of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, and was previously named the chapter’s “Man of the Year” after raising what was then a record-setting amount of money for blood cancer research. Brian appeared on a national TV advertisement for the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Litigation: General Commercial - Texas: Houston & Surrounds

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial
Brian Ross is well regarded for his commercial litigation and arbitration abilities. He has noteworthy expertise in complex energy-related disputes.

Strengths

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  • Brian is an excellent strategist who quickly grasps highly complex issues and distills them into understandable and persuasive arguments.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Guide to the USA

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