Dereck Gibson works in Edmonton out of the law office of Henning Byrne LLP, where he practices as part of that firm’s civil litigation team.

After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts and Law Degrees from the University of Saskatchewan, Dereck was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 2009.

Dereck also has extensive experience in the area of residential real estate purchases and sales. Providing valuable Real Estate Law advice to his clients to save them from poor transactions.

Dereck has been involved with various nonprofit organizations including the United Way, the Keyano College Foundation, and the Justin Slade Youth Foundation.

Dennis is a graduate of the University of Alberta (B.A. (Spec.)) 1980, LL.B. 1983). He was called to the Alberta Bar in 1984. In 2002, Dennis was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for community service. He obtained his Queen’s Counsel (Q.C.) designation in 2010.

Dennis has been an active member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Alberta Bar Association. He is Secretary of the Legal Archives Society of Alberta and Secretary of the Alumni and Friends of the Faculty of Law. Dennis has served as a non-Bencher member of several of the Alberta Law Society’s professional regulation committees.

Dennis’ community and professional involvement include being past President of the Alumni and Friends of the Faculty of Law, serving on the executive committee of the Family Centre (The Family Service Association of Alberta), the Edmonton Public Library, Grant MacEwan University, Habitat for Humanity and the Edmonton Brain Injury Relearning Society.

Dennis has maintained a satellite office in Whitecourt, Alberta, since 1985.