Office Location
81 Main Street
White Plains, NY 10601
T 914.559.3100
F 914.949.1160
Areas of Practice
Medical Liability Defense
COVID-19 Litigation
Education
New York Law School: JD: 1995
Pace University: BA: 1991
Bar Admissions
New Jersey
New York
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
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Robert B. Gibson
Partner
Robert B. Gibson is a partner at HPM&B. He represents some of the nation’s largest healthcare systems in high exposure malpractice cases. Rob is a trial lawyer with 25 years of experience and has handled complex jury trials involving a wide scope of medical specialties. He has developed a particular focus in defending some of the most prominent orthopedic surgeons in the country including for what is widely considered the premier orthopedic surgery institution in the United States. Rob has been honored by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America©, has been repeatedly selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers® and has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating, AV Preeminent®.
Rob has lectured across the nation on medical malpractice litigation and trial tactics. He has been a featured presenter at the Defense Research Institute Medical Liability and Health Care Law Annual Conference and has been an invited speaker on many occasions for the New York State Bar Association. Rob is also regularly requested to speak at Grand Rounds at hospitals throughout the New York area.
Rob writes frequently on medical malpractice topics, with his publications being featured in the New York Law Journal and the New York State Bar Association Journal. His articles have also appeared in nationally distributed publications and he has been quoted by the Associated Press regarding Social Media research on potential jurors.
Rob is actively involved in the leadership and management of the Firm and has served as a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee for over a decade. He is a member of the New York State, Bronx and Westchester County Bar Associations and the Defense Research Institute.
Additionally, Rob was a four year varsity letter winner and two-time all-conference football player while in college. He now serves as an assistant coach for the Fordham Prep football program.
Verdicts & Cases
Defense Verdict
HPM&B recently obtained a unanimous defense verdict in Supreme Court, Westchester County, on behalf of a major Hospital network on a case that was transferred to our Firm for trial two months earlier. It was alleged that an employed...
Read MoreSummary Judgment Granted
HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal for our client, a renowned NYC hospital system, in a wrongful death case. Plaintiff alleged that the hospital’s emergency room staff failed to diagnose and treat pulmonary emboli during four...
Read MoreSummary Judgment Victory
HPM&B won summary judgment dismissal for a pediatrician in a high-exposure brain damaged baby case venued in Supreme Court, Richmond County. Plaintiff claimed that the defendants failed to timely diagnose and treat cytomegalovirus...
Read MoreLapse in Treatment Leads to Case Dismissal
Partner Katherin Crossling, Esq. successfully moved for summary judgment on behalf of a prominent New York City hospital, arguing that the plaintiff had a 2.5 year gap in medical care for an abscess and could not establish a...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in New York County
HPM&B recently obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of an orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice action. This was a complex orthopedic surgery case involving a 12-year-old girl who suffered severe cartilage damage as a...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in New York County
Robert B. Gibson, assisted by associate Brendan J. Alt, successfully defended two general surgeons and their private surgical group...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in New York County
On January 25, 2007, Robert Gibson, obtained a defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court on behalf of an ophthalmologist and a major laser eye surgery center.The plaintiff claimed that the ophthalmologist and...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in Bronx County
On April 20, 2012, HPM&B received a defense verdict in Bronx County Supreme Court on behalf of a major metropolitan hospital.The then 40-year-old plaintiff claimed that the hospital and co-defendant attending...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in Kings County
On May 25, 2012, Robert B. Gibson and Laura A. Del Vecchio received a defense verdict in Kings County Supreme Court on behalf of a gynecological oncologist and a major metropolitan hospital.The gynecological oncologist...
Read MoreMotion to Dismiss Granted in Bronx County
HPM&B recently obtained an order of dismissal of a case against a major municipal corporation and a neurological surgeon. Plaintiff alleged that defendants improperly performed a posterior thorac-lumbar fusion in 2008,...
Read MoreDefense Verdict in New York County
On May 1, 2013, HPM&B obtained a defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court on behalf of a major metropolitan hospital. It was claimed that the infant-plaintiff developed meconium aspiration syndrome and later...
Read MoreThree Cases Dismissed In Favor of HPM&B Clients
In September, HPM&B attorneys gained summary judgment dismissals in two high exposure cases that were venued in The Bronx and another summary judgment dismissal by the Appellate Division, Second Department in a Brooklyn case involving the...
Read MoreDefense Verdict on Behalf of Private Surgical Group
Robert B. Gibson, assisted by associate Brendan J. Alt, successfully defended two vascular surgeons and their private surgical group in a malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that following the placement of an...
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