Robin C Gibbs

Practice Areas

Complex Commercial Litigation

Energy Litigation

Construction Litigation

Antitrust Litigation

Bet the Company Litigation

Malpractice Defense

Private Clients

Career

Named the “Father of the Litigation Boutique in Texas” by The Texas Lawbook and noted as the “dean of high-stakes litigation” by Chambers USA, Robin Gibbs has 50 years of experience in handling high-stakes commercial litigation matters. Robin’s practice, and that of his firm, focuses exclusively on business and commercial litigation in a wide array of areas, including contract, energy, oil and gas, antitrust, trade secret, legal malpractice, securities, director liability, intellectual property, construction, and partnership disputes. Robin received the “Lifetime of Excellence in Advocacy Awards” from TACTAS and the “J. Chrys Dougherty Good Apple Award” from Texas Appleseed, 2018; the “Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer” award from the Texas Bar Foundation, 2017; the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Texas Lawyer, 2017; and the Trial Lawyer of the Year” award from TEX-ABOTA, 2012.

Robin Gibbs is the dean of Texas trial lawyers and his top reputation is well earned. He’s a phenomenal trial lawyer.

He is one of the best lawyers in the country. He is smart, efficient and very well versed in what we want out of a case. He advises well and gets good results too.

An excellent day-in, day-out trial lawyer, Robin is one of my top picks.

Robin is the definition of a class act and is dedicated to the client.

He’s a top lawyer and is well-respected.

– Chambers USA 2023/2022

Robin joined Vinson & Elkins in 1971 where he tried insurance defense cases. He left the firm in 1974 to form the full-service firm of Wood, Campbell, Moody & Gibbs P.C., where he focused on the development of a trial group. In 1983, Robin and the trial lawyers formed Gibbs & Bruns LLP, formerly Gibbs & Ratliff L.L.P., focusing its practice on all forms of high-stakes commercial litigation. Gibbs & Bruns is a nationally recognized litigation boutique acclaimed for its high-value and precedent-setting work across the banking, energy, technology, construction, and financial services sectors, among others. The firm is renowned for its signature lean trial teams and representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in complex matters.