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John Gibson is a litigation partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He focuses his practice on complex business litigation, including antitrust and unfair competition litigation, post-trial rescue litigation, and real estate and banking litigation in state and federal courts throughout the United States. As a trial lawyer, Mr. Gibson has won many significant cases. As a post-trial rescue lawyer, he has overturned—or drastically reduced—large jury verdicts by taking over cases after trial.
Matters representative of Mr. Gibson’s litigation practice include:
- Eliminating 95 percent of the largest antitrust jury verdict in the United States one year by leading a post-trial rescue operation.
- Winning a high-profile trial in which he defended the country’s second largest school district against a Donald Trump partnership that sought $26 million in damages regarding a landmark property in Los Angeles.
- Winning summary judgment for a Fortune 10 company against $200 million in federal antitrust claims brought by a putative class of all of the company’s domestic distributors/retailers.
- Serving as in-house counsel and vice president for companies formed by the Robert M. Bass Group, and helping to liquidate more than $6 billion in “bad bank” assets formerly held by American Savings and Loan Association.
Honors and Awards
Mr. Gibson is client/peer review rated A/V® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5.0 by Martindale-Hubbell. This is Martindale’s highest rating, reflecting practice “at the highest level of professional excellence.” Los Angeles Magazine has repeatedly selected him as a Southern California “Super Lawyer.” In the inaugural edition of Who’s Who in Black Los Angeles, Mr. Gibson was named one of the most influential African-Americans in the city.
Activities
Mr. Gibson serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Constitutional Rights Foundation (a non-profit organization that educates America's youth about law, government, and the importance of civic participation in a democracy). He also serves on the firm’s Diversity Committee. Mr. Gibson is a former vice-chair of the Executive Committee of the California State Bar’s Real Property Section. A former teammate of NBA great Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Mr. Gibson has been a youth basketball coach and has served on the Athletes For Obama committee alongside several NBA players.
Education
Mr. Gibson received an A.B. in Economics in 1982 from Harvard University, where he was a John Harvard Scholar. He received a J.D. in 1986 from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a member of the Michigan Law Review.
Speeches and Publications
Mr. Gibson is a frequent lecturer on litigation and antitrust issues. For example, two days after the 2008 presidential election, Mr. Gibson spoke in San Francisco as part of the American Lawyer Media’s West Coast General Counsel Conference in a program titled, “Antitrust Enforcement Under The New Administration.” Mr. Gibson was also a speaker at the 19th Annual Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute, and he recently authored a chapter in the book Inside the Minds: Antitrust Litigation Best Practices.
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