Gibson Dunn Foster Care Defense Costs Texas $5 Million in a Year

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP received $5.23 million in one year for helping Texas finally turn the tide in a longstanding legal battle over abuse in the state’s foster care system brought by a class of children.

The expenditure, disclosed in public records obtained by Bloomberg Law, came after the state handed the litigation to the Big Law professionals in May 2023, seeking to finally wind down a 13-year-old case that’s cost Texas $200 million in monitor fees and court-ordered system improvements. Before tapping Gibson Dunn as lead counsel, the state handled the litigation with its own attorneys, who are ...