President-Eelect Profile, 0321 ALBJ, Vol. 82 No. 2 Pg. 96 (March, 2021)

• Author: C. Gibson Vance, J.
• Position: Vol. 82 2 Pg. 96

PRESIDENT-ELECT PROFILE

No. Vol. 82 No. 2 Pg. 96

Alabama Bar Lawyer

March, 2021

C. Gibson Vance, J.

Gibson Vance has served in many leadership capacities at the Alabama State Bar, currently serving as vice president. He has been a bar commissioner representing the 15^th Judicial Circuit since 2016 and has chaired and been a member of numerous committees and task forces, including the Alabama Lawyers Care Task Force, the Government Relations Liaison Committee, the Finance & Audit Committee, and the Lawyer Assistance Program Committee.

He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation, and regularly recognized by Best Lawyers in America.

Gibson's 28-year law career has been spent representing those who have been injured or mistreated. Advocating for and helping others through his work is deeply rooted in his upbringing. Born in Troy and raised by his mother, a schoolteacher, Gibson attended Troy State University on a Pell Grant, student loans, and work study. He attended Jones School of Law at night and worked for a law firm full-time as a law clerk during the day. While attending Jones, he was elected student bar president.

He began practicing during law school after obtaining his third-year practice card, and he assisted in trying several jury trials. Gibson started in a two-person firm, handling all types of cases, including criminal, civil, probate, and domestic.

For the last 20...