Thomas E. Gibbs was the founding partner of the Jacksonville office of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae (now Dewey & LeBoeuf). He practices in the areas of corporate acquisitions and mergers, general corporate matters, insurance law and regulatory matters pertaining to financial institutions. He also has substantial international law experience.

Mr. Gibbs has served as an officer and a director of numerous corporations, public and private, foreign and domestic. He was president of The Charter Company's Insurance Group and senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of The Charter Company. Mr. Gibbs also held numerous offices with Consolidated International Group, Inc.

Representative Experience 

• Dewey & LeBoeuf , Jacksonville, FL
  Of Counsel, 1988-2008
  Founding and Managing Partner, Jacksonville Office, 1986-1988
• Florida Bank of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
  Chairman of the Board, December 2006-present
• Ewing Capital Partners, LLC, Jacksonville, FL
  Director (Member) and Minority Owner, September 2003-present
• Florida Bank Group, Inc., Jacksonville, FL
  Director and Executive Committee Member, January 2002-present
• Golden Rule Properties, L.L.C., Jacksonville, FL
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, July 1999-present
• Black Diamond Capital Corporation, Jacksonville, FL
  Vice-Chairman and General Counsel, November 1999-present

Presentations

• “Commercial Banks in the Insurance Industry,” Speaker, made to various industry groups.
• “Mergers and Acquisition in the Insurance Industry,” Speaker, National Association of Life Insurance Companies (NALC) Annual Convention
• “The Development of the Financially Oriented Life Insurance Product in the United States,” Keynote Speaker, Life Insurance Association of Japan
• “Financial Solvency and Surplus Relief Reinsurance,” Speaker, Examination Oversight Committee of the NAIC