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Gary Gibson

15923 El Camino Entrada

Poway, CA 92064

619-889-9748 (C)

 

Admitted to California State Bar in Nov. 1991.

 

Professional History:

Private Practice: Law Office of G. Gibson: 2016-Present

     Retained on select serious or violent felony cases including firearm

regulation/prosecution, CCW denial and firearms self-defense. California Superior

Court qualified as an expert legal witness on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in

complex homicide cases involving significant forensic (Pathology, DNA, firearms,

blood pattern, tool and tire mark) evidence. Retained as an expert legal witness on

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel by both private and public defense lawyers,

Innocence Projects and the ACLU.

 

Most Recent Published Opinion as an IAC Expert: In Re Long, 10 Cal.5th 764(2020)

 

Most Recent Testimony as an IAC Expert: California Superior Court-Fresno (2024)

 

NRA Pistol Instructor(former)/NRA Range Safety Officer(former)/USCCA

Defensive Shooting Instructor(former)/CCW license holder in San Diego County.

 

San Diego County Department of the Public Defender – 1991 to 2016:

Supervisor, Felony Team B (2014), Member of Public Defender Management Team

(2009-2014); Director of Recruitment/Hiring, Training and Career Development

(2002-2003:2009-2014); Grade 5 attorney handling high profile homicide and death

penalty cases (2006-2009,2015-2016); Provided over 250 hours of varied legal training

to department attorneys and investigators (2000-2020); Over 100 criminal trials,

including 19 homicides.

 

California Western School of Law – 1995 to 2021

Adjunct professor of California Evidence, California Sentencing, Forensic Evidence

and Advanced Criminal Litigation.

 

United States Navy Active/Reserve – 1985 to 1990:

Naval Intelligence Officer; Class leader for three classes (class 150 – 153) at Basic

Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training; Naval Investigative Service Reserve Unit

United States Army Reserve – 1982 to 1984:

Team engineer on Army Reserve Special Forces “A” team; familiar with all aspects of

military engineering and demolitions.

 

United States Navy/Marine Corps – 1977 to 1981:

Navy member of United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Company;

military parachute, diving and demolitions qualified.

Education and Professional Accomplishments:

 

  • 2018: “Warhorse Award” (Defense Lawyer Career) from San Diego

  • Criminal Defense Bar Association

 

  • 2008: E. Stanley Conant Award (Defense Lawyer of the Year) from the

       Combined Defender Organizations of San Diego

 

  • 2006: California Public Defender Program of the Year – “Bail Project”

 

  • 2006 to 2021: writer/editor of “Preliminary Hearing” Chapter 8 in the CEB

       publication California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice

 

  • 2001: California Public Defender Program of the Year – “Police Practices”

 

  • 2001: San Diego County Public Defender of the Year

 

  • 1997 to 2020: Lecturer for California State and Local Bar Associations

       California Public Defenders Association California Attorneys for

       Criminal Justice/San Diego Law Enforcement Training Academy/National

       Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

 

  • 1991: California Western School of Law- Juris Doctor Magna Cum Laude;

       American Jurisprudence Awards in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure,

Trial Practice, and Trial Advocacy

 

  • 1984: State University of New York at Stony Brook – Bachelor of Arts Cum

       Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; 3year graduate

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