Career
Following graduation, he joined the firm of Gibson, Ochsner, Harlann, Kiney, & Morris in Amarillo, Texas as an associate partner. From 1964-1965 he served as the President of the Junior Bar of the State of Texas. He was subsequently recruited by Dean West. Page Keeton of the University of Texas School of Law and joined the faculty in 1965.
Specializing in real property and estates, Professor Gibson taught courses in Texas land titles, real estate transactions, real estate finance, insurance, Texas procedure, wills and estates, fraud and mistake, and professional responsibility.
From 1971-1973 Professor Gibson took a leave of absence to serve as an attorney advisor to the Federal Power Commission. In 1983 he was named Sylvan Language Professor of Law.
In addition to his teaching duties, he served as Associate Dean for Administration and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Professor Gibson contributed to continuing legal education in Texas in a variety of ways.
He was one of the founders of the Mortgage Lending Institute (which was later named in his honor) and helped establish standards for continuing legal education in Texas.
The Texas Supreme Court appointed Professor Gibson as Provost of Judicial Education from 1992-1993 where he conducted a study of current judicial education programs and recommended courses of action for improving Texas judicial education.
