GIBBS TRAVIS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Sorority Inc., Voting Rights Chair
Jamie Travis is a senior partner at Gibbs Travis PLLC with substantial litigation experience.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the Free Mission Baptist Church
- Member of the Mississippi Bar Association
Justis Gibbs is an Associate at Gibbs Travis PLLC in Jackson, Mississippi. He attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Legal Communications. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. At graduation, Justis was the recipient of the 2021 Dean's Distinguished Service Award for his commitment to the Law School.
Justis is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association and licensed to practice in all Courts in the State of Mississippi.
During Law School, Justis was extensively involved at The University of Mississippi School of Law. Justis was a member of the Negotiation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Board, Dean's Leadership Council, and a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Also, he became part of the George C. Cochran Innocence Project where he assisted with cases involving Mississippi state prisoners serving significant periods of incarceration who had cognizable claims of wrongful conviction.
While attending Howard University, Justis was a CBCF Panelist for the White House Initiative for Excellence for Americans, recipient of the Sigma Phi Pi Grand Boulè Scholarship, Brother of Fall 2015 Howard University Pre-Law Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International, recipient of Beta Delta Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Sorority Scholarship, he won First Place in the Mississippi Ann Owen Gordon Oratorical Competition and a recipient of LeFleur's Bluff Chapter of the Links, Incorporated Scholarship. Justis also was Program Director of Howard University's United Political Action Committee, Executive Vice President of The College of Arts & Sciences Student Council, and a member Howard University Student Association Transportation Committee.
Justis plans to focus his practice on mass tort litigation, business litigation, product liability, white collar criminal defense and contract law. Justis believes that all individuals within the State of Mississippi shall have an ability to retain quality counsel. Justis plans to continue his efforts to provide legal services of the highest standard in the pursuit of justice.
Justis is a member of the Free Mission Baptist Church. He comes from a family of dedicated attorneys, being the son of Robert L. and Debra Hendricks-Gibbs and brother of Ariana N. Gibbs.
For over 15 years, Omar L. Nelson has been advocating on behalf of consumers in litigation across state and federal courts in the State of Mississippi. His greatest professional joy is to see that a client who has been harmed by someone else's negligence receives justice and is made whole again. Mr. Nelson has achieved substantial monetary results for clients in the areas of automobile/18 wheeler accidents, medical malpractice, premises liability, insurance bad faith, and nursing home litigation. His accomplishments on behalf of clients has been recognized by his membership in the coveted Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is a prestigious group of trial lawyers in the United States who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Less than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members.
Mr. Nelson was featured in the June, 2012, issue of Attorney at Law Magazine as Trial Lawyer of the Month and recognized for his professional accomplishments in Portico Magazines' December, 2013, issue entitled "Raising the Bar." In 2012, the National Trial Lawyers recognized Mr. Nelson as a Top 40 under 40.
Mr. Nelson has lectured to lawyers and staff on several legal topics, such as "Trial Preparation From Start to Finish for Mississippi Paralegals", "Using Medical Records to Prove Your Case in Mississippi", and "Top Ten Techniques for Taking an Effective Deposition."
His work in the community remains as active as his law practice. Being active in the community and affecting the greatest good to the best of his ability remains a focal point. His message to anyone who has aspirations in life is "[o]ne should never give up on personal pursuits. Set yourself free from anything that might hinder you from achieving your goals. Though life is wrought with challenges, you must never give up. Your station in life depends on removing obstacles that would prevent you from becoming the person you ought to be."
Mr. Nelson currently serves on the University of Southern Mississippi Foundation Board of Directors and, in 2014, he established a Political Science scholarship endowment created in his namesake. He is a former member of the Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors, former member of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project Board of Directors, former Chair of the Small Business Committee for the United Way Campaign of Vicksburg-Warren County, and former member of the City of Vicksburg Recreation Committee.
Mr. Nelson received his primary and secondary education in the Vicksburg-Warren School District. He is a 1994 graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi ("USM"). He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science with an emphasis in English and received numerous awards and honors, including, Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities, Hall of Fame, Dean's List, and Lambda Sigma Honor Society. Most notably, in 1993, Mr. Nelson was elected president of the Student Government Association (SGA).
Upon completing his undergraduate degree, he received a Master's degree in 1996 in Public Policy and Administration from Mississippi State University and was the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from his department. Mr. Nelson furthered his education at Mississippi College School of Law where he received a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in 2000. He was a member of the Moot Court Board and competed in the Fredrick Douglas and American Bar Association Moot Court competitions. He is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Mississippi and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Since entering the legal profession, his memberships include the Magnolia Bar Association and Mississippi Association for Justice ("MAJ") where he formerly held the office of MAJ parliamentarian, secretary, treasurer, and vice president. He served as barrister of the Charles Clark Chapter of the American Inns of Court and as commissioner on the Mississippi State Supreme Court Commission on Impaired Lawyers.
Mr. Nelson serves on the Board of Deacons of Clover Valley M.B. Church in Warren County.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Nelson, Jr. of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He is married to the former Melanie C. Barnes and they have two children: Morgan Nelson and Ryan Nelson.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer of the Year, " 2007
Robert L. Gibbs is an accomplished trial attorney whose practice emphasizes mass tort litigation, business litigation, product liability and alternative dispute resolution. Prior to starting Gibbs Travis PLLC, he was a partner for a large regional law firm for twelve years. Also, he served for seven years as a Circuit Judge for the Seventh Judicial District of Mississippi.
Mr. Gibbs has been honored numerous times for legal acumen and practice excellence, and is among less than 1% of attorneys in the nation to be named to Chambers USA, a London-based published guide to America's leading lawyers. He is also ranked in the prestigious Best Lawyers in America directory. Additionally, Mr. Gibbs is the recipient of the Thurgood Marshall Judge Award, the Jack Young Sr. Attorney Award from the Jackson Branch NAACP and the Award of Distinction from the Mississippi Bar. He formerly served as President of the Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit, President of the Charles Clark Chapter of the American Inns of Court, and President of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. He is a member of the Fellows of the Mississippi Young Lawyers and is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and for the past 15 years, Gibbs has taught Trial Practice as professor of the Mississippi Collage School of Law.
Mr. Gibbs practice areas include Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Personal Injury, Mass Torts, Product Liability, and White Collar Criminal Defense. Mr. Gibbs is admitted to practice in United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and all Federal and State Courts in Mississippi.
A Jackson native, Mr. Gibbs is a graduate of Tougaloo College and earned his J.D. degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He later attended the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada. Aside from his law practice, Mr. Gibbs is a regular speaker at churches, community organizations, schools and colleges. Highlighted speaking engagements include speaking to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in Reno, Nevada on Faculty Excellence in Judicial Education. Also, he has been the guest speaker for Jackson State University's College of Business Alumni Luncheon as well as the guest speaker for the Mississippi Governor's School at Mississippi University for Women.
Terry Wallace is an experienced attorney who represents clients in civil and criminal matters in both state and federal cases.
Terry Wallace is a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, MS, and the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, MS. He is an experienced attorney who represents clients in civil and criminal matters in both state and federal cases. He is extensively skilled in trial litigation. He started his legal career as an attorney with the Judge Advocate General's Lawyer's Corp. of the United States Air Force. During his military service he defended clients in criminal court martials and other military proceedings. After completion of his military service with an honorable discharge, Attorney Wallace's experience has expanded from military law to include experience in such areas as personal injury and accidents, criminal defense, divorces, child custody, support, and other domestic family matters. Terry Wallace also has years of experience in handling municipal and other governmental law cases, constitutional rights matters, property disputes, and other plaintiffs or defense claims.
Attorney Wallace is an effective communicator in the courtroom, as well as other public and administrative forums. He has served as a presenter at numerous continuing legal education seminars and courses for other lawyers. He has also served as an adjunct professor within the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Jackson State University, for graduate and PhD students.
He served as the City Attorney for the City of Jackson from January 1998 through June 2005. In this capacity, his office was responsible for providing legal advice to all city officials, departments, and programs, to include matters involving state and federal trial litigation, planning, zoning, eminent domain, condemnation, environmental, administrative, legislative, public policy, redistricting, annexation, judicial, and other legal issues.
Attorney Wallace is licensed to practice in the United States Supreme Court; The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC; The United States Court of Federal Claims; The United States Court of Military Appeals; The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; The United States Northern and Southern District Federal Courts of Mississippi, and other Mississippi State courts.