serving the south shore | marshfield, duxbury, pembroke, kingston, hanover, scituate, norwell, hingham, plymouth
about
the firm
From the initial consultation to resolution, Donald is passionate about assisting you and your family. With over 46 years in practice, Donald’s team has represented injured persons in Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, Bristol, Suffolk, Middlesex, Essex, and Norfolk Counties, resulting in the extensive, local knowledge that’s essential for a successful outcome.
Donald L. Gibson
personal injury lawyer
Don is a relentless and tireless advocate for his personal injury clients and their loved ones. He takes care of everything in pursuing and litigating your claim, including filling out those endless forms. He allows you to concentrate on your medical treatment, getting well and back on your feet, and hopefully returning to work. Without his professional assistance, you’ll be at the mercy of an insurance company that will either deny liability–and offer no compensation at all–or attempts to settle your claim for the least amount of money possible.
practice
Don represents injured persons in a broad range of cases, including motor vehicle collisions, unsafe premises litigation, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, wrongful death, defectively manufactured products, liquor liability, professional negligence and medical malpractice, construction site accidents, pharmaceutical and medical devices, recreation and amusement park litigation, and insurance coverage disputes.
As an aggressive and accomplished trial lawyer, Don has recovered substantial sums of money for clients who have been catastrophically injured, severely disabled or killed as a result of motor vehicle collisions, defectively manufactured products, hazardous conditions on residential and commercial premises, professional negligence, vicious animals, and various other types of general negligence. Don has also argued before the Appeals Court of Massachusetts and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on behalf of his clients.
education + experience
Admitted as a Yale National Scholar, Don graduated from Yale University in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. He attended the University of Florida Law School (1974–1976) where he served on the Law Review and graduated with Honors. While a law school student, Don had articles published in the University of Florida Law Review and in the University of Miami (Florida) Law Review. Don practiced in Florida (1976–1981) before relocating to Marshfield, Massachusetts with his wife Janet and two small children in 1982. He remains a member of the Florida Bar and a member of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Since relocating to the South Shore, Don has brought meaningful changes to the laws of Massachusetts. Don has practiced in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts and is a member of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts as well as the First Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition, Don has served in the past on the Board of Editors of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and currently is on the Board of Governors of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Plymouth District Bar Association, the Plymouth County Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and has served in the past as an arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association.
personal life
Don is firmly committed to the citizens of the South Shore. A father of four children, Don has devoted many hours of service to the Town of Marshfield and to communities of the South Shore through his activities as a member of the Marshfield Board of Health, St. Christine’s Parish, the Marshfield No Place For Hate Committee, the Marshfield Youth Soccer Association, and the WATD Radio Station award-winning high school sports broadcast team. For six years, Don also served as Marshfield’s Town Moderator. For fourteen years, Don was the attorney-coach for the Marshfield High School Mock Trial Team and an instructor in the Courtroom and the Law course at Marshfield High School.
When his work schedule and other activities allow, you’ll find Don in his organic vegetable garden or casting for striped bass in the harbors, rivers, and coves of the South Shore.
wrongful death | traumatic brain injury | motor vehicle accident | defective products | premises liability | professional negligence | vicious animals | general negiligence
contact us
When you don’t know where to begin,
begin by calling Don.
Don’s personal injury cases are handled on a contingent fee basis, and each receives his personal attention. He employs a winning approach based upon creativity, teamwork, a thorough knowledge of the law, and his familiarity with the civil court system.
When you’re injured, you need all the legal help you can, as quickly as possible. You need representation you can trust.
You need Don.