'Firm Is Better Off with Him Than Without Him'

Kevin Gibson, right, talks with
Martin Geissler, founding member of
law firm Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe
in Fairfax.

FAIRFAX, Va. -- On any given work week in the quiet halls of the Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe intellectual property law firm in Fairfax, 26-year-old Kevin Gibson carries stacks of stuffed manila folders in and out of a file room containing some 7,000 active cases.
To most high school students, it might be just another boring summer job, but for Gibson, the work is defying a medical prognosis.