Background
Gibbs, Lawrence Blair was born on August 31, 1938 in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States.
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Lawrence Blair GIBBS
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Lawrence Blair Gibbs, American lawyer. Advisory trustee Southern Federal Tax Institute; Member American Bar Association (vice chairman administration section taxation 1991-1992), Federal Bar Association, State Bar Texas (chairman taxation section 1978-1979), District of Columbia Bar Association, American Law Institute, Communities Foundation Texas Advisory Board, American College Trust and Estate Counsel (board regents 1990-1996).
Education
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1960). University of Texas (Bachelor of Laws, with honors, 1963). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1962-1963.
Deputy Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1972-1973. Acting Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1973.
Assistant Commissioner (Technical), Internal Revenue Service, 1973-1975. Commissioner, Internal Revenue, 1986-1989.
Career
Associate, then partner, Branscomb, Gary, Thomasson & Hall, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1963-1972; deputy chief counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, 1972-1973; acting chief counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, 1973; assistant commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, 1973-1975; partner, Johnson and Swanson, Dallas, 1976-1986; commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, 1986-1989; partner, Johnson & Gibbs, Washington and Dallas, 1989-1994; member, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Board advisors Taxation Mergers and Acquisitions. Trustee Southwestern Legal Foundation, Southern Federal Tax Institute, American Tax Policy Institute. Member of advisory county New York University Tax Institute.
Member American Bar Association (vice chairman administration section taxation 1991-1992), FBA, State Bar Texas (chairman taxation section 1978-1986), District of Columbia Bar Association, American Law Institute, Communities Foundation Texas Advv. Board, American College Trust and Estate Counsel (board regents 1990-1996).
Connections
Married; 2 children.
