Vance Gibbs is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He has practiced in the commercial litigation and health care industry for over 20 years and was named to the 2007 Best Lawyers in America in the field of medical malpractice defense. Vance represents doctors, medical professionals, physician groups and clinics in all manners of medical malpractice claims including medical review panel proceedings, lawsuits, peer review hearings and credentialing matters. He also provides general legal advice to physicians and physician groups on self-insurance programs, risk management and administration. He also has extensive experience in the litigation of product liability claims with regard to a wide variety of medical products, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Vance also has an active general and commercial litigation, and construction litigation practice.

Vance has been a member of the Medical/Legal Interprofessional Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association, and is a member of the Litigation and Health Care Sections of the American Bar Association and Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Vance is a frequent speaker on the topic of medical malpractice and risk management and trial advocacy. Vance has completed the National Institute of Trial Advocacy's Masters Trial Advocacy Program and for the last five years has been an instructor for the Trial Advocacy Program at LSU Law School.

Representative Experience

• Representation of health care providers in over 500 medical review panel proceedings.
• Successful defense of physicians and health care providers in judge and jury trials in various state and federal courts.
• Oral argument before entire Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal on issues related to medical review panel proceedings and pretrial dismissal of plaintiff/patient lawsuits.
• Defense of various pharmaceutical manufacturers as Louisiana counsel in MDL, state and federal proceedings.

Education

Vance earned his B.A. from Louisiana State University in 1979. He earned his J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1982 where he was a staff writer for the Louisiana Law Review.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana.

Memberships

• Baton Rouge (Chair, Legal Aid Committee, 1987-1989), Louisiana State (Medical/Legal Interprofessional Committee, 1987-1992) and American Bar Associations.
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, and Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1999-2001).

Community Service

• Member, Board of Directors, Capital Area Legal Services Corporation.
• Member, Board of Directors, Garden District Civic Association.
• Member, Vice President, President, Board of Directors, Association for RetardedC itizens, Baton Rouge, Inc.
• Volunteers in Public Schools, Glen Oaks Middle School.
• Member, Board of Directors, Paula Manship YMCA.
• Member, Board of Directors, American Red Cross, Louisiana Capital Area Chapter.
• Graduate, Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class of 1996.
• Chairman, Board of Directors, Chairman Legal/Personnel Committee, O'Brien House
• Member, President, Board of Directors, Louisiana/Mississippi Chapter, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.

Lecturer

• Causation in Toxic Tort Litigation, Law Education Institute, 1994.

Authorships

• Note, The Problematic Application of Succession of Brown, 41 Louisiana Law Review 1314.