Law is a second career for William Gibson: he entered law school at the age of 40 after may years spent working in his family's business, Gibson and Gibson: The On-Time Printers in Johnson City.  The move to the legal worked turned out to be a satisfying choice.  "I like the intellectual challenge and the ability work with people and help solve problems," he says.  For the past 15 years, he's done his problem solving on behalf of the Broome County government, where his focus included collective bargaining agreements, grievances and arbitration as well as a good deal of municipal law work.

A committed volunteer, Gibson has held leadership positions in St. James Church, the Johnson City Rotary Club and Serving the Elderly through Project Planning (SEPP); he has also served on the boards of the Broome County Urban League, the Broome County YMCA, Crime Victims Assistance Center, and several other organizations.  "I think you have a duty to be active and to give back," he says.  When he's not engaged in legal or community matters, you might find Gibson playing on the golf course, exercising, working on his yard or making trips with his wife to visit their grandchildren in Maryland.

William L. Gibson has been practicing general law and labor and municipal law since 1981.  He received his J.D. degree from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1980 and was admitted to the bar in 1981 New York State; 1981 the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York; 2001 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and 2001 the United States Supreme Court.  He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, a member and director of the Broome County Bar Association and a member and past president of the County Attorneys Association of the State of New York.  Gibson served as Broome County Attorney from 1997-2004 and again in 2011, and as special counsel to the Broome County Attorney from 2006-2011.