Ethan Gibson - a Houston, United States Business & Commercial Lawyer

Houston Business & Commercial Lawyer

Updated: 03/27/2026

Areas of Practice

Business & Commercial

Attorney Information

Overview

Ethan Gibson was born and raised just outside of Kansas City, Missouri. The son of a trial lawyer, Ethan grew up in the back pews of the local courthouse watching his father try cases.

After high school, Ethan embarked on a career in computer technology. By the time he was 20, Ethan was maintaining a large mainframe network for the University of Missouri and later taught network integration to I.T. specialists for large corporations across the country. These professionals were often resistant to change, and Ethan learned to employ many of the same persuasion techniques that he had seen in the courtroom to win over his audience. At 22, he became the general manager of an I.T. consulting company and was responsible for the supervision of over 25 employees.

Although successful in this career, Ethan knew that his true passion was the law, and so he began the life-long process of becoming a trial lawyer. As a trial lawyer this knowledge of computers and IT systems has been central to his ability to manage electronic discovery efficiently and find damaging documentation produced by the other side.

Ethan represents plaintiffs and defendants in business negotiations, trials, and appeals. His practice centers on complex commercial litigation, including business disputes, trade secrets, joint venture and partnership disputes (i.e., "business divorces"), oil and gas litigation, employment disputes, as well as copyright and artwork litigation.

Ethan has handled claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, tortious interference, trade secret misappropriation, appointment of a receiver, rescission, shareholder oppression, quantum meruit, unjust enrichment, promissory estoppel, housing discrimination, business defamation, bankruptcy, collection matters and wrongful termination.

Awards and Honors

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Included on the 2026 Texas Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Texas Super Lawyers list
2024 Texas Super Lawyers list
2023 Texas Super Lawyers list
2022 Texas Super Lawyers list
2021 Texas Super Lawyers list
2020 Texas Super Lawyers list
2019 Texas Super Lawyers list
2018 Texas Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 2010
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Dean’s Scholarship
  Law Review: Houston Law Review, Associate Editor
Non Legal Education
- University of Central Missouri, 2007
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Major: Political Science
  Major: Spanish

Current Employment Position(s)

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Published Works

Articles

Dawn of an Era in Commercial Litigation: The New Regime of the Texas Citizens Participation Act, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section Report: The Advocate, Vol. 84 at 20, 2018
The Long Reach of the Texas Citizens Participation Act, 80 Tex. B.J. 776, 2017
Alternative Fee Arrangements in Commercial Litigation, The Houston Lawyer, 2015
Temporary Restraining Orders and Temporary Injunctions in Trade Secret Cases: Trends and Common Practices, Texas Center for the Judiciary, In Chambers publication, 2011
A Case Killer Lurks In The Texas Defamation Mitigation Act, Law360, 2017
Slapped and Sanctioned: The Heavy Hand of the Texas Citizens Participation Act, Houston Law Review: Off the Record, 2017

Bar Admissions

Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

Other Affiliations

State Bar of Texas
American Bar Association
Houston Young Lawyers Association
Texas Young Lawyers Association
Houston Bar Foundation Fellowship

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Contact

Houston, TX

4 Houston Center 1221 Lamar Street
Suite 1001
Houston, TX 77010

Directions

Phone: 713-766-9076

Fax: 713-897-8007

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Website: https://www.gibson-pc.com

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