Frank H. Gibbes, III

Frank Gibbes is a trial lawyer with extensive experience counseling clients in pre-suit risk management and representing clients in mediations, arbitrations, jury trials, bench trials and appeals. Frank represents clients in lawsuits involving a broad range of substantive areas with a primary focus on construction and design litigation and complex commercial litigation. Having thirty-eight years of experience and having tried over two hundred cases, he regularly serves as a mediator or an arbitrator in construction and design and complex commercial disputes.

Frank has been active in bar and professional activities. He served as President of the Greenville County Bar Association and as President of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association. As a member of the South Carolina Supreme Court Committee, Frank was involved in promulgating and updating the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure from its inception in 1983 until the Committee terminated its work in 2008.

Education

  • J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, 1971
    • Phi Delta Phi
    • Order of the Wig and Robe
    • South Carolina Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
  • A.B., Davidson College, 1966

Military

United States Army (Infantry) 1966-1968

Admissions

United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States District Court of the District of South Carolina
South Carolina Supreme Court

Professional Associations

American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
Defense Research Institute
South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association (President 1988 to 1989)
South Carolina Bar Association
Spartanburg County Bar Association
Greenville County Bar Association
Rotary International

Honors

Martindale-Hubbell’s Highest AV Rating
Best Lawyers in America – Commercial Litigation - 1991 to Present
Listed in Super Lawyers for Construction Litigation

Practice Areas

Construction and Design
Commercial and Corporate Litigation
Professional Negligence
Mediation and Arbitration