Thomas R. Gibson JD ’97

06/14/2021

Thomas R. Gibson JD ’97 has been appointed chief counsel at the California Department of Water Resources. Gibson has been assistant chief counsel at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife since 2020. He held multiple positions at the California Natural Resources Agency from 2014 to 2020, including deputy secretary and special counsel for water, undersecretary and deputy secretary, and general counsel. Gibson held multiple positions at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife from 2007 to 2014, including general counsel and assistant chief counsel. He was a partner at Best, Best & Krieger from 2005 to 2008, where he was an associate from 2002 to 2005. Gibson was an associate at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara from 1999 to 2002 and at Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard from 1997 to 1999.

06/19/2019

Thomas Gibson JD ’97 has been appointed deputy secretary and special counsel for water at the California Natural Resources Agency, where he has been undersecretary since 2016 and served as general counsel from 2014 to 2016. Gibson was general counsel at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife from 2008 to 2014. He was a partner at Best, Best, & Krieger from 2002 to 2008; an associate at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara from 1999 to 2002; and an associate at Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard from 1997 to 1999.

12/21/2016

Was appointed undersecretary of the California Natural Resources Agency by Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr. Gibson has served as deputy secretary and general counsel at the California Natural Resources Agency since 2014. He served as general counsel at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife from 2010 to 2014, where he was assistant chief counsel the prior two years.