Paul Gibson

Education	B.A. Government and Politics, December 1975, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. J.D., May 1979, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland. L.L.M. In Admiralty, May 1983, Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Employment	Riesen Law Firm, L.L.P., Lawyer in General Practice with emphasis in Civil Litigation and Admiralty Law, September 1983 to present. United States Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, Chief of Naval Reserve, New Orleans, Louisiana; Administrative and Criminal Law, January 1982 to September 1983. Head Legal Assistance Officer, Naval Legal Service Office, Charleston, South Carolina, Legal Aid, June 1981 to January 1982. Defense Counsel, Naval Legal Service Office, Charleston, South Carolina; Counsel in General and Special Court Martials, December 1975 to June 1981. Graduate Naval Justice School, Newport, Rhode Island. U.S. Navy Court of Military Review, Washington, D.C., Clerk, July 1978 to September 1978.
Awards	William P. Cunningham Award for exceptional achievement and service to the University of Maryland School of Law, May 1979.
Certifications	Board Certified by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification in Civil Trial Advocacy, 1997.
Ratings	Martindale Hubbell A/V Listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Pre-eminent Lawyers
Professional Affiliations	President, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association 1997 - 1998 President Elect, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 - 1997 Vice President, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1995 - 1996 Treasurer, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1994 - 1995 Secretary, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1993 - 1994 Editor, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Bulletin, 1992 - 1993 Chairman of the Ethics and Civility Committee 1992 - 1995 Board of Governors, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1986 - 1991 Chairman of Torts and Negligence Subcommittee, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1988 - 1992 Past Chairman Ethics Subcommittee South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1988 - 1990 Member of South Carolina Legislative Steering Committee, 1988 to present Member of Executive Committee, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1989 - 1990 Member of the Nominating Committee, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1989 - 1990 South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; Charleston County Bar Association Executive Committee 1993, 1997 Member of South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Honors and Awards Committee, 1991 - 1997. Member of American Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, Florida Bar Association Member of Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Admiralty, Product Liability and Workers' Compensation Sections) Member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor) Member, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (Treasurer, Charleston Chapter, 2001; President Elect, 2002; President, 2003) Workplace Injury Litigation Group Firearms Litigation Group Member of the Board of Governors, National Board of Legal Specialty Certification, 2000 - present Member, Charleston Maritime Association (Proctor), Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates; President, American Board of Trial Advocates, Charleston Chapter 2005 - 2006; Board Member Admiralty Law Institute, Charleston School of Law 2005 - present Workplace Injury Litigation Group; Firearms Litigation Group; Board of Governors, National Board of Legal Specialty Certification, 2000 - present; Founding Member, Maritime Law Institute, Charleston School of Law Member, Southern Trial Lawyers Association Member, Commission on Lawyer Conduct, South Carolina Supreme Court 2009 Member, Ad Hoc Working Group for Implementation of Fast Track Jury Trial Rules 2008 Member, Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group, Longshore and Harborworkers Section
Publications & Lectures	Lecturer "Remedies and Damages", South Carolina Bar Association Seminar, June 1989 Lecturer, "Update of South Carolina Insurance Law", October, 1989 Author Arbitration as an Answer for Property Damage Woes, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Bulletin, Spring, 1988 Author Is Loss of Use Recoverable in a Total Loss Case?, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Bulletin, Summer 1989, reprinted by South Carolina Bar Association Damages and Remedies, June, 1989 Author of materials, and Chairman of Maritime Workers' Compensation Seminar, N. Charleston, South Carolina, August, 1991 Author Don't Forget The In Rem Remedy, Auto Torts Seminar, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Atlanta, Georgia, December, 1991 Author Charitable Immunity in South Carolina, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Bulletin, Summer 1992 Author and Lecturer Premises Liability, Association of Trial Lawyers of America National Meetings, Washington, 1992, San Francisco, 1993, Atlanta, 1993 Author Using Quicken for Lawyer Trust Accounts, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Bulletin, Spring 1993 Author A Look at Peephole Litigation, American Trial Lawyers Association Trial, October 1994 Author Butler and Osborne, Their Effects on UIM Coverage, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Bulletin, Spring 1997 Lecturer "Hot Tips from Experts", South Carolina Bar Association Seminar, 1996 Lecturer "Cross-Examination of Safety Experts", South Carolina Bar Association Seminar, 1996 Author and Lecturer Making Criminals Pay, Auto Insurance for Intentional Acts, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Auto Torts Seminar, Atlanta, December, 1997 Author and Lecturer Survey of State Lien Law, South Eastern Admiralty Law Association Meeting, Savannah, June 1998 Author and Lecturer Longshore Trial Practice from a Claimant's Perspective, Loyola University School of Law, Annual Longshore Seminar, New Orleans, LA 2000 Author The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act--South Carolina's Other Compensation System, S.C. Trial Lawyers Association Bulletin, Winter 1999 Author and Lecturer Rocks and Shoals, South Carolina Workers Compensation seminar, October, 2000 Contributing Editor South Carolina Practice Manual Civil Law, South Carolina CLE Division, 2001 Lecturer "National Conference of Administrative Law Judges", United States Department of Labor, Charleston, South Carolina, May , 2001 Lecturer "How to Try a Wreck Case", South Carolina Bar Seminar, Columbia, South Carolina, May, 2000 Contributing Author The Longshore Textbook 4th Edition, Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Inc., 1999 Contributing Editor, The Law of Automobile Insurance in South Carolina 3rd Edition, South Carolina Bar CLE Division, 1997 Lecturer "Trial Tactics", Charleston Art of Trial Advocacy Group, Fall, 2000 Lecturer, "Trial Mistakes I Have Made", Charleston Art of Trial Advocacy Group, May, 2001 Author Recent Developments in the Law of Premises Liability, Association of Trial Lawyers Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, February, 1999 Speaker Charleston Art of Trial Advocacy Workshop, 2000, 2001 Speaker U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Law JudRes Conference, Charleston, SC 2001 Author and Lecturer Concurrent Jurisdiction of LH WCA, AThA, July 2002 Author and Lecturer What I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then, S. C. Trial Lawyers Convention, July, 2002 Author and Lecturer Concurrent Jurisdiction of LHWCA, South Carolina Bar CLE, March 2006 Author and Lecturer LHWCA Concurrent Jurisdiction and Collateral Estoppel, Loyola University Longshore Seminar, April 2006
Military Background	Mr. Gibson has served as a Naval Officer and in the Naval Reserve for over 24 years.
Licenses	Licensed to practice law in the following states: Maryland (since 1979) South Carolina (since 1980) Florida (since 1981) United States Court of Military Appeals (since 1980) United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (since 1984) United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit (since 1984) United States of Federal Claims (since 1990) United States District Court for the District of Maryland (since 2000)
Reported Cases	A "reported" case is one deemed by the court to involve a significant or novel issue of law. In these cases, the court orders publication so that there is an appropriate record that can be relied on by subsequent courts that might encounter the same issue. An "unpublished case" is one that has been published by a reporting service but has not been deemed by the court to be of such significance to order it to be published. SOUTH CAROLINA Metts v. Mims, 370 S.C. 529, 635 S.E.2d 640 (Ct. App. 2006) Mullis v. Trident Emergency Physicians, 351 S.C. 503, 570 S.E.2d 549 (Ct. App. 2002) Meyer v. Piggly Wiggly No. 24, Inc., 338 S.C. 471, 527 S.E2d 761 (2000) State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Aytes, 332 S.C. 30, 503 S.E.2d 744 (1998) State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Moorer, 330 S.C. 46 496 S.E.2d 875 (1998) Butler v. Unisun, 323 S.C. 402, 475 S.E. 2d 190 (Ct. App. 1996) FEDERAL COURT CASES Middleton v. Caterpillar Indus., Inc., 979 So.2d 53 (Ala. 2007) Maggie Holdings, LLC v. Long, 444 F.Supp. 570 (DSC 2006) Reiss v. One Schat-Harding Lifeboat No. 120776, 444 F.Supp.2d 553, 2006 A.M.C. 1401 (DSC 2006) Lincoln v. Reksten Management, 354 F.3d 262, 2004 A.M.C. 179 (4th Cir. 2003) Capers v. Columbia Coastal Transport, Inc., 278 F.Supp. 713, 2003 A.M.C. 1453 (DSC 2003) Richards v. SkippeRichards v. Skipper & Wayne 83 F.3d 415 (Table, Text in WESTLAW), Unpublished Disposition, 1996 WL 193861 (4th Cir. Apr. 23, 1996) Huggins v. Apperson, 69 F.3d 533 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition, 1995 WL 649895 (4th Cir., Nov 6, 1995) Holt v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 870 F. Supp. 658 (D.S.C. 1994) Taylor v. Cooper River Constructors, 830 F. Supp. 300, 1994 A.M.C. 2700 (D.S.C. 1993) LONGSHORE CASES Shaw v. Universal Maritime Services, 2008 WL 4595127 (BRB 2008) Robinson v. Coastal Great Southern, 2005 WL 1157152 (BRB 2004) Wilson v. Washington Group International, Inc., 2004 WL 2996693 (BRB 2004) Stevens Shipping & Terminal Co. v. Kinlaw, 238 F.3d 414 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition, 2000 WL , 1804524 (4th Cir., Dec. 8, 2000) Carolina Stevedoring Co. V. Davis, 191 F.3d 503 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition 1999 WL 713897 (4th Cir., Sept. 14, 1999) Kinlaw v. Stevens Shipping and Terminal Company, 33 BRBS 68 (1999) Lincoln v. Stevens Shipping & Terminal Co., 33 BRBS 639 (ALJ) (1999) Seaco, Inc, v. Dickerson 188F.3d 503 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition, 1999 WL 638591 (4th Cir., Aug. 23, 1999) Stevens v. Bath Iron Works Corp. 153 F.3d 722 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition, 1998 WL 433311 (4th Cir., July 27, 1998) Garnett v. Ryan-Walsh Inc., 151 F.3d 1029 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition, 1998 WL 322681 (4th Cir., June 4, 1999) Smith v. Maersk Container Service, 121 F.3d 700 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition, 1997 WL 540918 (4th Cir., Sept. 4, 1997) Dickerson v. Stevens Shipping & Terminal Co., 114 F.3d 1175 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition, 1997 WL 297474 (4th Cir., June 4, 1997) Bright v. Stevens Shipping & Terminal Co., 114 Fed 1175 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition, 1997 WL 2155530 (4th Cir., May 1, 1997) Surell v. Hardee Sheet Metal, 112 F.3d 310 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition, 1997 WL 215531 (4th Cir., May 1, 1997) Dickerson v. Maersk Container Service, 108 F.3d 1371 (Table, Text in WESTLAW) Unpublished Disposition, 1997 WL 128531 (4th Cir., May 21, 1997) Aiken v. Stevens Shipping & Terminal Co., 32 BRBS 1 (ALJ) (1997) Evans v. Strachan Shipping Co., 30 BRBS 8 (ALJ) (1996) Nelson v. Stevens Shipping & Terminal Co., 25 BRBS 277 (1992)
Community Service	Member, Governor's Commission on Volunteer Service, 1993 Member Ad Hoc Committee on James Island, Magistrate Selection, 1996 Member, Charleston Art of Trial Advocacy Group Delegate, Charleston Country Democratic Party