At the law offices of Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones and Schneider, L.L.P. we serve
clients in California and Nevada.
Our office locations are: Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Valencia, Reno, and Las Vegas.
Our legal services help businesses and individuals throughout the tri-counties, including
San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, and Ventura County, and the cities
of Santa Maria, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Thousand Oaks – Los Angeles County
and in the Southern California communities of the Santa Clarita Valley and the San
Fernando Valley - and the greater metro areas of Nevada: Reno and Las Vegas.
Kelton Lee Gibson
Kelton Lee Gibson's areas of expertise are in construction defect and toxic mold
litigation, real estate, community association law and civil litigation. He serves
as general counsel and construction defect litigation counsel for numerous homeowners'
associations and, has handled in excess of 100 claims for construction defects for
associations. He also is special counsel for cities and government agencies in connection
with construction related disputes. He has conducted approximately 90 jury trials
and numerous court trials, arbitrations and mediations.
Mr. Gibson is a past two-term president of the Channel Islands Chapter of the Community
Associations Institute. He is a frequent speaker and writer in connection with legal
issues, and has spoken not only for the Community Associations Institute, but also
at West Coast Casualty's Construction Defect Seminars, Southern California Defense
Counsel and the Ventura County Bar Association. He graduated from the University
of California at Santa Barbara in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political
Science. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Pacific, McGeorge School
of Law in 1975, where he was a member of the Traynor Honor Society and the Moot Court
Honors Board. Upon being admitted to the California State Bar he served as a Deputy
Public Defender for four years, following which he joined J. Roger Myers and Monte
L. Widders in the private practice of law.
Myers Widders, Gibson, Jones & Schneider, L.L.P., specializes in construction, real
estate, insurance, business, corporate, community association and municipal law.
Its partners were some of the pioneers in condominium construction defect litigation
and prosecuted one of the largest landslide cases in the history of the state. Mr.
Gibson has been the lead counsel in the two largest construction defect cases for
homeowners' associations in the history of the Central Coast. The firm is city attorney
for the cities of Ojai and Fillmore and represents numerous other cities and governmental
agencies in land use matters and other complex litigation.
Mr. Gibson is active in civic and community organizations, including Rotary International.
He was the lead counsel for the successful homeowners' association in the published
opinion of Kovich v. Paseo del Mar Homeowners Association (1996) 41 Cal.App.4th 863,
48 Cal.Rptr.2d 758, which held that a homeowners association did not have the duty
to disclose the existence of a construction defect action to prospective purchasers.
Mr. Gibson's speaking engagements include:
2006 "Use and Abuse of Expert Witnesses" presented to Ventura County Trial Lawyers
2/04/06 "New HOA Laws 2006" presented to Community Management Specialists 11/16/05
The Davis-Stirling Act (With a Little Help From Our Friends) presented to Community
Associations Institute, Greater Los Angeles Chapter 11/12/05 "Homeowner Association
Meetings, Minutes, Maintenance and Assessments" presented to Manderley Property Services
2/11/05 "The Use and Abuse of Expert Witnesses" presented to the CPA Law Society
(2 times) 3/23/04 "Almost Fee Legal Advice" presented to Community Associations Institute,
Channel Islands Chapter 11/21/03 "Sick Building Syndrome Mold Contamination in Buildings:
Health, Legal and Remedial Issues" presented to Pitts & Bachmann 6/14/03 "Sick Building
Syndrome Mold Contamination in Buildings: Health, Legal and Remedial Issues" presented
to American Institute of Architects 11/05/02 "Sick Building Syndrome Mold Contamination
in Buildings: Health Legal and Remedial Issues" presented to Conejo Valley Board
of Realtors 10/24/02 "Sick Building Syndrome Mold Contamination in Buildings: Health
Legal and Remedial Issues" presented to The Ventura County Coastal Association of
Realtors 5/30/02 "Sick Building Syndrome Mold Contamination in Buildings: Health
Legal and Remedial Issues" presented to Goetz & Associates and Manderley Property
Services, Inc. 5/29/02 "Almost Fee Legal Advice" presented to Community Associations
Institute, Channel Islands Chapter 3/16/02 "Overview of Community Associations" presented
to Community Associations Institute, Channel Islands Chapter ABC's program 5/09/02
"Sick Building Syndrome Mold Contamination in Buildings: Health Legal and Remedial
Issues" presented to Santa Barbara Real Property Association 5/08/02 "Sick Building
Syndrome Mold Contamination in Buildings: Health Legal and Remedial Issues" presented
to Santa Maria Board of Realtors 5/01/02 "Sick Building Syndrome Mold Contamination
in Buildings: Health Legal and Remedial Issues" presented to Ventura Marina Rotary
2001 "Sick Building Syndrome Mold Contamination in Buildings: Health Legal and Remedial
Issues" presented to Precision Environmental- for Structural Pest Control Company
from Texas 2001 "Sick Building Syndrome Mold Contamination in Buildings: Health Legal
and Remedial Issues" Mold Seminar 9/15/01 "Overview of Community Associations" presented
to Community Associations Institute, Channel Islands Chapter ABCs program. 9/30/00
"Association Management & Top 10 Issues Involving HOAs" presented to Channel Islands
Chapter Community Association Institute Exposition and Conference 7/27/00 "Almost
Fee Legal Advice" presented to Community Associations Institute, Channel Islands
Chapter 6/07/00 "Rules Enforcement" presented to Community Associations Institute,
Mid-California Chapter 3/30/00 "Almost Fee Legal Advice" presented to Community Associations
Institute, Channel Islands Chapter 3/23/99 "Invasion of Privacy and Defamation What
is Properly Said and Done" presented to Community Associations Institute, Channel
Islands Chapter 10/15/98 "A Working Relationship Between Homeowners Associations,
Their Managers and Other Professionals" presented to Community Associations Institute,
Channel Islands Chapter 10/3/98 "Saving Your Castle" Homeowner Association Claims
for Construction Defects presented to Community Associations Institute, Mid-California
Chapter 2/24/98 "The Davis-Stirling Act (With a Little Help From Our Friends)" presented
to Community Associations Institute, Greater Los Angeles Chapter 9/27/97 "After the
Construction Defect Case" Community Association Institute, Channel Islands Chapter
10th Annual Trade Faire 5/27/97 "Contracts, Specifications and Bids" presented to
Community Associations Institute, Channel Islands Chapter 10/23/97 "Construction
Defects: A Solution from the Plaintiff's Perspective" presented at the West Coast
Casualty's Fifth Annual Construction Defect Seminar 11/21/96 "Duties and Obligations
of Homeowners' Association Directors" presented to Community Associations Institute,
Mid-California Chapter 10/26/96 "Repair, Maintenance & Common Problems Encountered
by Associations" presented to Association Management Systems, Inc. 4/23/96 "Saving
Your Castle" presented to Community Associations Institute, Channel Islands Chapter
11/04/95 "Working with Your Manager" Association Management Systems, Inc. Workshop
2/28/95 "Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Neighbor Disputes" presented
to Community Associations Institute, Channel Islands Chapter 11/05/92 "Construction
Litigation Explosion" presented to the Association of Southern California Defense
Counsel 10/21/92 "Homeowners Association Claims for Construction Defects" presented
to Community Associations Institute, Channel Islands Chapter 2/22/92 "Litigating
Claims For Construction Defects, Particularly as Related to Community Associations"
presented to Legal Secretaries, Inc. conference 9/14/91 "Constructive Solutions to
Construction Defects" presented to Community Associations Institute, Channel Islands
Chapter 6/29/89 "Constructive Solutions to Construction Defects" presented to Community
Associations Institute, Channel Islands Chapter 5/14/87 "Constructive Solutions to
Construction Defects" presented to Community Associations Institute, Channel Islands
Chapter 6/11/86 "Constructive Solutions to Construction Defects" presented to Community
Associations Institute, Channel Islands Chapter West Coast Casualty Construction
Defect Seminar - 2 time speaker Ventura College Construction Technology Speaker,
approximately 10 times
