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Robin C. Gibbs

Partner, Gibbs & Bruns

713-751-5217rgibbs@gibbsbruns.com

1100 Louisiana, Suite 5300
Houston, TX  77002

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Robin Gibbs has 54 years of experience in handling high-stakes commercial litigation matters.  Gibbs’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.  Gibbs 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.

Lawdragon Honors

Honor Year Practice
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers 2026 Commercial 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 Litigators in America 2025 Complex Commercial Litigation
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers 2024 Commercial Litigation
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers 2024 Energy Litigation
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2024 Complex Commercial Litigation
The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers 2023 Commercial Litigation
The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers 2022 Commercial Litigation
Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2022 Complex Commercial Litigation
The 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers 2021 Commercial Litigation
The 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers 2020 Commercial Litigation
Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers 2019 Commercial Litigation
The 2018 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2018
The 2017 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2017
The 2016 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2016
The 2014-15 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers 2014-2015
The 2013 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers 2013

Gibbs 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, Gibbs 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.