Robert Gibbs is an accomplished trial attorney whose practice emphasizes mass tort litigation, business litigation, product liability and alternative dispute resolution.  Prior to joining Brunini, he served for seven years as a Circuit Judge for the Seventh Judicial District of Mississippi.

Mr. Gibbs has been honored numerous times for legal acumen and practice excellence, and is among less than 1% of attorneys in the nation to be named to Chambers USA, a London-based published guide to America’s leading lawyers. He is also ranked in the prestigious Best Lawyers in America directory.  Additionally, Mr. Gibbs is the recipient of the Thurgood Marshall Judge Award, the Jack Young Sr. Attorney Award from the Jackson Branch NAACP and the Award of Distinction from the Mississippi Bar.

He formerly served as President of the Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit, President of the Charles Clark Chapter of the American Inns of Court, and President of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. He is a member of the Fellows of the Mississippi Young Lawyers and is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

A Jackson native, Mr. Gibbs is a graduate of Tougaloo College and earned his J.D. degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. 

Representative Matters

• Obtained an order of dismissal along with John Hall for the Penn National Gaming Company on an interlocutory appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court.  The matter, pending in the Hinds County Circuit Court, involved a wrongful death "dram shop" action against Penn National, and its subsidiary Casino operator, Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis.  The Supreme Court held that the Casino operator's retail alcohol permit could not be attributed to the operator's parent company, and thus Penn National was not liable under Mississippi's dram shop law, which only created liability for the permit holder and the employees of the permit holder. 
  

Speeches & Publications

• Robert is a regular speaker at churches, community organizations, schools and colleges.
• On Faculty Excellence in Judicial Education, 1996, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Reno, Nevada .
• Guest speaker for Jackson State University’s College of Business Alumni Luncheon  (May 11, 2007).
• Guest speaker for Mississippi Governor’s School, located at Mississippi University for Women (June 7, 2007).

Community & Professional Activities

• Mississippi Bar Association, Chairman of Court Liaison Committee
• Fellow of the American Bar Association
• Enterprise Corporation of the Delta, Board of Directors
• Magnolia Bar Association
• Hinds County Bar Association
• National Bar Association
• Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit, President
• Charles Clark Chapter, American Inns of Court, President, 1999-2001
• Mississippi Fellows of Young Lawyers
• Mississippi Bar Foundation, President
• Board of Governors of the Fifth Circuit Bar, President, 2000-2002
• Court Liaison and Judicial Administration Committee of the Mississippi Bar, Chairperson, 1999-2001
• Bar Commissioner, Mississippi Bar
• Mississippi Supreme Court, Commission on Bar Admission Review
• Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
• Jackson Convention & Visitor's Bureau, President, Board of Directors
• Hope Community Credit Union, President, Board of Directors
• New Life for Women, Past President
• Arts Alliance, President
• Jubilee! Jam Foundation Board, Board Member
• Jubilee! Jam, Festival Chair, 1998
• Leadership Jackson, Trustee
• NeoVenture, Inc., Former Board Member
• Tougaloo College Alumni Association
• St. Dominic Memorial Hospital Advisory Board Member
• Metro YMCA, Board Member
• Metro Crime Commission, Board Member
• Jackson 2000
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• COHA, Board Member
• Clarion-Ledger Editorial Board
• 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc.