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Practice Areas

Litigation

Commercial litigation and personal injury defense, construction, and real estate.

Education

  • Princeton University, A.B., cum laude, 2009
  • Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., 2012

Admissions

  • Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Gibby assists clients in commercial and personal injury litigation, construction law, and real estate disputes and litigation.

Representative Matters:

Commercial litigation and personal injury defense, construction, and real estate.
  • Won judgment in favor of home builder seeking court approval of proposed construction in opposition to neighborhood’s refusal to approve plan pursuant to restrictive covenants.     
  • Represented national scaffolding manufacturer in multimillion dollar indemnification action for damages to technology manufacturing facility during construction work.
  • Represents public utility in easement disputes.
  • Representation of commercial landlords and tenants in lease disputes and defaults.
Personal Injury
  • Defense verdict on damages as first chair in jury trial of a traumatic brain injury claim.
  • Defense verdict on liability as first chair in commercial vehicle personal injury trial in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
  • Defended employee in wrongful death civil action resulting from double-fatality accident in work vehicle.
  • Defense of commercial equipment rental company in product liability actions arising from worksite injuries occurring at a manufacturing plant and at site of aircraft carrier refueling and overhaul.
  • Defense of high stakes personal injury actions, including wrongful death claims, with at least ten jury trials through verdict as first chair.     

 

Recognitions

  • Super Lawyer Rising Star - Civil Litigation: Defense 2016-2020
  • Virginia Business Magazine, Legal Elite , Construction 2016–2022

 

Professional And COmmunity INvolvement

  • Virginia Bar Association
  • Richmond Bar Association, Membership Committee
  • ALFA International, Construction Practice Group Steering Committee
  • The Federalist Society, Richmond Lawyers Chapter, Past President
  • Saint Francis — Manchester, Board of Directors
  • St. Thomas More Society, Richmond, VA, Board of  Directors
  • Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Choir, Bass