Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today that partner Laura Gibson has been named one of the Houston Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business. Resident in the Houston office, Gibson is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and the head of the Texas Employment and Labor practice.

The Women Who Mean Business Awards honor women across nine industry categories. Gibson was one of 96 selected for her career achievement, contribution to her company and city success, community involvement and leadership.

Gibson has 36 years of industry experience, including 28 years in a leadership role. She has extensive trial and appellate experience handling complex commercial litigation and arbitrations, which she also draws upon to advocate for those who need a voice.

Committed to various organizations in the greater Houston area, Gibson gives particular focus on empowering women in law and those with less power. In May, she founded the Liberty and Justice for All Task Force, which helps to register voters and facilitate their ability to vote in the November 3 election. The Liberty and Justice for All Task Force is working with the Houston League of Women Voters to recruit volunteers to staff drive by voter registration and with a nonprofit to develop an app that will provide information about the waiting time at polling locations. Further, it will match voters with rideshares to get them to the polls.

Board certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2001, Gibson has additionally served as past chair of the State Bar of Texas and has been nominated by the State Bar Nominations & Elections committee to serve as one of two candidates for president elect of the State Bar of Texas. She is also a past president of the Houston Bar Association (HBA), as a past president  of the Houston Lawyer Referral Service and as chair of one of the HBA’s biggest substantive sections, among other board service and professional memberships. As HBA president, Gibson reinvigorated the mentorship program and established the Teach Texas Committee to teach judicial civics to seventh graders in partnership with the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society and the State Bar Law Related Education Department.