JOHN H. GIBSON

Mr. Gibson was born in Wichita, Kansas and attended Wichita State University before receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Newman University in 1969.  He graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 1972.  While at Washburn he served as Associate Editor of the Washburn Law Journal.  Mr. Gibson was admitted to practice in 1972, when he joined the former Boyer, Donaldson & Stewart firm, which merged with Gilliland & Hayes in 2002.  He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Kansas, the United States District Court for Kansas, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

He is an owner in the firm where he devotes his considerable litigation expertise in defending healthcare providers against medical malpractice claims.  He also regularly consults with clients on business and corporate matters and estate planning and administration.

Mr. Gibson is a member of the Wichita Bar Association, the Kansas Bar Association, the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, the American Academy of Health Lawyers Association, the Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys, the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute, the Wichita Executives Association and the Christian Legal Society. 

He has lectured regularly to healthcare groups and attorney groups on risk management and liability issues, and medical malpractice litigation defense issues.  He has defended well over a thousand personal injury and commercial claims and lawsuits.  Notable cases include Wesley Medical Center vs. Clark, one of the leading peer review confidentiality cases in Kansas; Aldoroty vs. Wesley and Nold vs. Wesley decided by the Kansas Supreme Court; Butler vs. Wesley, a severely brain impaired baby case resulting in a defendants' verdict after an eight-week trial, recently upheld by the Kansas Supreme Court; Donnell vs. Wesley, a Kansas Court of Appeals decision confirming the right of a hospital medical staff to terminate privileges of an impaired physician; and most recently Raney-Neises v.  Wesley, et al, a severely brain impaired baby case resulting in a defendants' verdict after a seven-week trial, upheld on appeal with the Kansas Court of Appeals.