Dentons partner Laura Gibson was elected president of the State Bar of Texas for the 2022–23 term. She will be sworn in as president-elect during a board of directors meeting on June 17.

Gibson is a member of Dentons’ Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and the head of the Employment and Labor practice team in Houston. She has been Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for 20 years and has extensive trial and appellate experience, handling complex commercial litigation and arbitrations in areas involving employment, banking, energy, securities, copyright and communications law.

A tireless volunteer for the bar, Gibson was 2018–2019 chair of the State Bar of Texas board of directors. She was a director for District 4 from 2016–2020, and she served on numerous committees, including the Executive Committee and Nominations and Elections Subcommittee. She is former co-chair of the Texas Minority Counsel Program Steering Committee. 

Gibson served as 2011–2012 president of the Association of Women Attorneys and founded the Premier Women in Law luncheon during her term. She served as 2015–2016 president of the Houston Bar Association. In 2013, she received the Trailblazer Outside Counsel Award from the Texas Minority Counsel Program for her commitment to diversity. In early June 2020, Gibson founded the Liberty & Justice For All Task Force. 

Gibson earned her JD from University of Houston Law Center and her BS from Texas A&M University.

The State Bar of Texas is an administrative agency of the Supreme Court of Texas that provides educational programs for the legal profession and the public, administers the minimum continuing legal education program for attorneys, and manages the attorney discipline system. For more information, visit texasbar.com.

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