Background
Gibbs, Robert L. was born on July 26, 1954 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of William M. and Mary L. Gibbs.
Gibbs, Robert L. was born on July 26, 1954 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of William M. and Mary L. Gibbs.
Bachelor, Tougaloo College, 1976. Juris Doctor, University Mississippi, 1979.
Staff attorney, S.E. Mississippi Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, Hattiesburg, 1979-1980; assistant district attorney, Eleventh Circuit District, Cleveland, Mississippi, 1980; assistant attorney general, State of Mississippi, Jackson, 1980-1986; deputy attorney general, State of Mississippi, Jackson, 1987-1990; circuit court judge, Seventh Circuit District, Jackson, since 1991. Board directors Arts Alliance of Jackson, Mississippi, New Life for Women, Jackson. Board directors Neo-Ventures, Inc., Jackson.
Board directors University Mississippi Alumni Association, Oxford, 1985-1987, Jubilee Jam Foundation, Leadership, Jackson. Member American Trial Lawyers Association, Mississippi Bar Association, Magnolia Bar Association (central district representative, Court Service award 1988), Fifth Circuit Bar Association, Charles Clark Inns of Court (barrister), Tougaloo College Alumni Association, 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc.
Married Debra Hendricks, August 29, 1987. Children: Ariana, Justis.