About Gilbert C.
Gilbert C. Dickey built his legal foundation in classrooms and on the bench. He earned a B.A. in history and political science from Samford University in 2009 and completed his J.D. at the University of Chicago Law School in 2012. Those years set the stage for a career that has moved between private practice, government service, and high-level judicial work.
Early in his career Dickey worked in private practice. In 2013 he joined Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis LLP as an associate. That role was followed by public service in West Virginia, where he served as an Assistant Solicitor General in 2015. The office gave him regular experience in appellate briefing and courtroom argument at the state level.
His judicial experience includes time on the federal appellate bench and at the Supreme Court. He served as a judicial law clerk to a U.S. Court of Appeals judge in 2012 and later clerked at the Supreme Court in 2017. Those positions involved legal research, opinion drafting, and close collaboration with judges deciding complex legal questions.
Dickey moved into the Executive Office of the President in 2020, holding the title Associate Counsel to the President. That appointment placed him inside the machinery of the federal government and exposed him to a mix of constitutional, administrative, and litigation issues. After his time in the Executive Office he entered private practice again and in 2021 joined McGuireWoods LLP as an associate.
He is admitted in several state and federal jurisdictions. His bar memberships include the Alabama State Bar (since 2012), the West Virginia State Bar (since 2015), and the District of Columbia Bar (since 2019). He also holds admissions that allow him to appear before the 11th and 4th Circuits and in the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. He maintains membership in the North Carolina State Bar as well.
Colleagues describe him as someone who moves easily between written advocacy and courtroom presentation. The mix of appellate clerkships, government litigation, and private practice has given him repeated exposure to constitutional and appellate issues, administrative law questions, and pitched litigation strategy.
He practices at McGuireWoods LLP, where his work centers on appellate litigation and government-related matters.
