Sebastian Gibson

One of the Desert's Most Acclaimed California Entertainment Lawyers and Truck Accident Attorneys and the Right Choice in California Entertainment Attorneys, Big Rig Truck Accident Lawyers, Business, and International Law. Visit . Named a 2025 Top Lawyer for the 15th year in a row by Palm Springs Life Magazine, Sebastian Gibson handles Personal Injury, Wrongful Deaths, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Bicycle Accidents, Cycling Accidents, Scooter Accidents, Robotaxi Accidents, Self-Driving Car and Self-Driving Truck Accidents, Robotruck Accidents, Aviation Accidents, Insurance, and Dog Bites and starting in the 2020s decade we expect to begin handling flying car accidents.

We also handle business contracts, winery trademarks, entertainment contracts, artist management agreements modeling, publishing, med spas, mobile med spas, and mobile medical clinics, aerospace, aviation and space law, international matters and represent entertainment and modeling clients from around the world in Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indio, Newport Beach, Temecula, Malibu, all of Orange County, Los Angeles and throughout California with over 40 years of combined experience in California and London. Offices in Palm Desert and Orange County. Learn more at .  Our most recent settlement was for $950,000 for the victim of a truck accident in the Coachella Valley and his wife.  The case settled just days before trial with the assistance of another law firm.

Focusing on truck accidents, Sebastian Gibson represents victims who have been seriously injured and families who have lost a loved one when their vehicle has been involved in a big rig truck accident, tractor-trailer truck accident, semi-trailer truck accident, 18 wheeler truck accident, commercial truck accident, delivery truck accident, moving truck accident, landscaping truck accident, garbage disposal truck accident, dump truck accident, cement mixer accident, flatbed truck accident, refrigerated truck accident, tank truck accident, heavy hauler accident, mobile crane accident, military truck accident, box truck accident, construction truck accident, car transport truck trailer accident, fire truck accident, heavy duty truck accident, or a full-size truck accident.

Another area of focus is entertainment law in which California Entertainment Attorney Sebastian Gibson utilizes his experience in entertainment to assist other artists in the entertainment industry with their creative endeavors in motion pictures, independent films, television, music, publishing, modeling, model management, talent agencies, video on demand movie projects, copyrights, trademarks, entertainment events, music and film festivals, live performances, concerts, world tours, comedy festivals, fashion events, athletic events, sponsor parties, sponsorship agreements, endorsement agreements, licensing, merchandise agreements, performing artist contracts, charity events, book options for films and television, stage productions, art, fashion, modeling, publicity and privacy rights, misuse of images, athletic and sporting events, athlete and celebrity representation and international entertainment matters.

Looking to the future, the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson is focused on new technology including aerospace, aviation and new technology in transportation. He is fast becoming a leading voice with respect to the development of space resources on asteroids, the moon, mars and other planets as well as in space and in developing other new technologies on earth.  We are on the cutting edge of health care providing assistance to licensed medical professionals developing California med spas, mobile med spas and mobile medical clinics.  We also specialize in food poisoning and foodborne illness cases.

In the fast developing area of new modes of transportation, Sebastian Gibson has written extensively on self-driving cars, robotaxis, self-driving trucks, robotrucks and flying cars which are all currently being tested and in some cases already being utilized in limited areas and which are expected to be widely available in the 2020s decade. In the 2020s, you can expect Sebastian Gibson to be a leader in the representation of victims of self-driving car accidents, robotaxi accidents, self-driving truck accidents, robotruck accidents and flying car accidents when these new technologies are a major component of our transportation network.

With over 45 years of experience both in London and in California as a California entertainment attorney, California entertainment lawyer Sebastian Gibson is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to British Film and TV producers and how streaming services and platforms are affecting the UK film and industry and has written on this subject. There is currently nowhere that the changes brought about by streaming is having a bigger effect on a country’s film industry than Britain and the UK’s talent and producers, known for their excellence, have never been in more demand.

We can protect your film and television concepts and submissions with copyright and trademark protection, registrations with the Writers Guild of America and the Motion Picture Association of America, with contracts and agreements, and with submissions by an experienced California entertainment attorney. Importantly, we also know what to look for in analyzing submission releases so a producer or writer does not waive important rights.

In the creative stage of development, we can draft collaboration agreements, work for hire agreements, copyright assignments and other contractual agreements to ensure that a producer is the sole owner of all the underlying rights to their project and to ensure that when an E&O insurance legal opinion is requested by an insurer, they will be able to confirm the proper legal contracts have been signed with every participant in the creation and development of the project.

California entertainment attorney Sebastian Gibson can assist a film or television producer to obtain development money and to structure a development money deal, film investments and we can review and negotiate a producer’s pre-sales and negative pick-up domestic and foreign distribution agreements.

We’ve reviewed and negotiated book and script options, life story agreements, shopping agreements and with our expertise in copyrights, trademarks and licensing, we can assist a producer in securing the rights to any of the underlying rights to their project.

With decades of experience in corporate law and formations, we’ll explain the advantages and disadvantages of sole proprietorships, C and S corporations, limited and general partnerships and LLCs. We can also handcraft an LLC operating agreement to fit the structure and plans of a producer’s team for their umbrella LLC and create individual LLCs for each project which becomes ready for development.

We can draft all of a producer’s production contracts and we are extremely knowledgeable in drafting, negotiating and reviewing actor contracts, and how to structure profit participation contracts to protect an actor’s back end points.

When you need a California entertainment attorney for any stage of a film or television project production, for any corporate matters or pre-production, production and post-production agreements, the right choice is California Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson.

Personal Injury - Countless millions of dollars obtained for victims of big rig and commercial truck accidents, car accidents, aviation crashes and families of wrongful death victims.

Business Law For the Future - New technology, aerospace, biomedical, electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, mobile health care, self-driving vehicles, food labeling & distilleries.

Entertainment Law - Representing models, publishers, writers, film and TV producers, actors, musicians, artists, social media influencers and celebrities around the world. Invited to appear on Shepard Smith’s show on Fox News as a celebrity lawyer and ITV National News in London to discuss the Prince Harry and Meghan lawsuit for invasion of privacy for photos taken of their son by paparazzi.

Trademarks - Branding, trademarks, trade dress and copyright protection for food, clothing, heath & beauty items, fashion designs, authors, live and virtual events, non-profits & multi-state litigation for copyright and trademark infringement.

Helping the Vulnerable - Nurses and doctors, children (created a new cause of action for negligent endangerment of a child), the elderly against homeowners associations (winning the fight against an HOA that sought to prevent a 100 year-old woman from renting her home to pay for assisted living expenses) and members of the military.

International Experience - Over 40 years combined experience in London and California with law degrees both in California and Great Britain. He’s been rated “Superb” and called, “Brilliant,” “A Legend” and “the Best.”