Luke J. Gilman

• Along with Jackson Walker partners Chip Babcock and Amanda Zimmerman, Luke represented a Texas District Court Judge before a Special Court of Review appointed by the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court and obtained a complete exoneration for her use of social media to educate the public about proceedings in her courtroom. In re Slaughter, 480 S.W.3d 842, 845 (Tex. Spec. Ct. Rev. 2015).
• Along with Jackson Walker partners John Edwards and Amanda Bush, Luke represented a local newspaper on appeal in a widely-publicized libel case. The judgment against the newspaper was vacated by the Texas First Court of Appeals, a win that was affirmed by the Texas Supreme Court. Brady v. Klentzman, 515 S.W.3d 878 (Tex. 2017), reh’g denied (June 2, 2017).
• Along with Jackson Walker partner Kent Sullivan, Luke represented an offshore drilling company in ICDR arbitration proceedings in a breach of contract dispute.
  Along with Jackson Walker partner Richard Griffin, Luke represented a leading cosmetics company in breach of fiduciary duty claims against its former Chief Technology Officer.
• Along with Jackson Walker partners Amy Baird and Richard Howell, Luke represented a midstream company in a AAA arbitration proceeding.
  Along with Jackson Walker partner John Edwards, Luke represented an oil field services company in pursuing theft of trade secrets and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims in federal court in Houston against a former executive.
• Along with Jackson Walker partner Chip Babcock, Luke represented the Dr. Phil Show and obtained early dismissal of claims in federal court in Utah.
  Along with Jackson Walker partner Jeff Burbach, Luke represented an oil and gas consulting company in ICC arbitration proceedings against a major oil and gas producer in a breach of contract dispute.
• While working full-time through law school, Luke served as President of the Evening Law Student Association, was appointed to the Moot Court Board and represented the law school in a number of moot court competitions, winning best brief in the Southwest regional Jessup International Law Moot. He also served as a member of the Houston Law Review, where he received awards for “Best Paper in an Emerging Area of Law” and “Most Outstanding Contribution by a Third Year Member.” Upon graduation, Luke was awarded the “Distinguished Service Award” by a vote of the law school faculty.

• The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), Commercial Litigation, 2021-2023
• President’s Award, Hispanic Bar Association of Houston (HisBA), 2018
• Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2015-2020
• Co-Chair of Houston Bar Association’s Law Week Committee, 2017-2018
• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 2016
• Life Fellow, Houston Young Lawyers Foundation, 2014

Publications

• “Private Juries Within the Arbitration Framework: A Third Path In Dispute Resolution,” Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, Vol. 21, No. 457 (2021)
• “Texas Adapts Rules for Service of Lawsuits to the New Reality of How We Communicate,” Jackson Walker Insights (August 2020)
• Kent Sullivan & Luke Gilman, “Creative Places to Find a Smoking Gun: New Forms of E-Discovery,” Today’s General Counsel (2017)
• Developments in Fifth Circuit Civil Procedure Law
  • 2015-2016, 49 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 613 (2017)
  • 2014-2015, 48 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 651 (2016)
  • 2013-2014, 47 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 449 (2015)
  • 2012-2013, 46 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 699 (2014)
  • 2011-2012, 45 Tex. Tech L. Rev. (2013)
  • 2010-2011, 44 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 939 (2012)
  • 2009-2010, 43 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 989 (2011)
• Globalaw, Globalaw Litigation Guide
• “Ethics Corner: ABA Weighs In on Ethical Boundaries of Social Media Research on Jurors in Voir Dire,” MediaLawLetter (2014)
• Chip Babcock & Luke Gilman, “Use of Social Media in Voir Dire,” 60 The Advocate 44, Fall (2012)

Speaking Engagements

• “Diversifying the Legal Profession, One Student at a Time,” Jackson Walker Fast Takes Podcast (July 2020)
  
• “How Texas Courts Are Becoming Expert Zoom Users,” Jackson Walker Fast Takes Podcast (April 2020)
  
• “Blockchain: A Legal Perspective” presented at the SWALL/HALL Joint Conference, Houston, Texas (April 6, 2018)
• “Keeping the Oath You Take: An Address to New Law Students” University of Houston Law Center (2017)
• Panel Presentation, “The Ethics of Jury Cyberstalking,” Kansas University School of Law 27th Annual Media & the Law Seminar (2014)

In the News

• “The penalty for wrongfully cremating grandma can be severe, but one attorney takes it to a new level,” Houston Chronicle (August 29, 2018)

• Hispanic Bar Association of Houston (HisBA), Board of Directors
• Globalaw, Leadership Programme
• Houston Committee on Foreign Relations (HCFR)
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Garland Walker Inn of Court
• Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), Advisory Board
• Houston International Arbitration Club (HIAC)
• Covenant House Texas, Young Professionals Board
• Grace Bible Church, Partner
• Chinquapin Preparatory School, Board of Directors
• Wesley Community Center, Board Member
• Greater Houston Partnership, Business Resource Group–Talent Resources Group