With over three decades of trial practice, Barrett Reasoner’s complex commercial litigation practice spans a broad array of areas, including energy, construction, environmental, securities, antitrust, and intellectual property. Reasoner has served as a party-appointed arbitrator in several arbitrations and has arbitrated numerous matters for clients during his tenure. Reasoner is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and The International Society of Barristers and a member of the American Law Institute.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor |
Year |
Practice |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers |
2026 |
Commercial Litigation, Antitrust |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2026 |
Litigation |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2026 |
Complex Commercial Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers |
2025 |
Commercial Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers |
2025 |
Energy Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers |
2025 |
Commercial Litigation, Antitrust |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2025 |
Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2025 |
Complex Commercial Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers |
2024 |
Commercial Litigation, esp. Oil & Gas, Securities, Environmental, IP |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers |
2024 |
Energy Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2024 |
Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2024 |
Complex Commercial Litigation |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2023 |
Litigation |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers |
2023 |
Commercial Litigation, esp. Oil & Gas, Securities, Environmental, IP |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2022 |
Litigation |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2022 |
Complex Commercial Litigation |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers |
2022 |
Commercial Litigation, esp. Oil & Gas, Securities, Environmental, IP |
| The 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2021 |
Litigation |
| The 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers |
2021 |
Commercial Litigation, esp. Oil & Gas, Securities, Environmental, IP |
| The 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers |
2020 |
Commercial Litigation, esp. Oil & Gas, Securities, Environmental, IP |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers |
2019 |
Commercial Litigation, esp. Oil & Gas, Securities, Environmental, IP |
Upon graduation from law school in 1990, Reasoner was an Assistant District Attorney for Harris County (Houston), Texas. Reasoner joined Gibbs & Bruns in 1992 and became a partner in 1996.
Reasoner recently served as a Representative for District 4 on the State Bar of Texas’ Board of Directors. He is a former President of the Houston Bar Association, the fifth largest metropolitan bar association in the nation with nearly 12,000 members. He is a past chair and member of the Houston Bar Association Foundation Board where he also led the fundraising drive for the Kay Sim Endowment, which raised approximately $1.7 million for the Foundation to fund legal services for those who cannot afford them.
Reasoner, along with his sister Macey Reasoner Stokes, received the 2025 Anti-Defamation League’s Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award presented annually “to an outstanding member of the legal community who exhibits a commitment to equality, justice, fairness and community service.” They are the first siblings to receive this prestigious award.
