He was also retained and testified in actions in federal courts in which he qualified as an expert in complex civil litigation involving parallel grand jury proceedings, administrative debarment and simultaneous civil litigation, and in matters involving the reasonableness of legal fees.
Among many notable cases, Mr. Webster served as lead trial counsel for over 1,000 flood victims of the Buffalo Creek, West Virginia mining disaster.
Mr. Webster was a member of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia and served as Chairman of its Legal Ethics Committee, Member of its Board of Directors, and President. Mr. Webster was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of the American Judicature Society, The Barristers (Past President), and The Counsellors.
Mr. Webster served as an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law at Georgetown University Law Center, an instructor in Trial Practice at Catholic University Law School, and taught a semester course in ethics at the University of Virginia Law School. He appeared and lectured at the Harvard Law School, the University of Michigan Law School, the University of Florida Law School, Emory University Law School, and the University of Baltimore School of Law. He served as a faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and appeared on programs sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute; D.C. Bar; ABA Section of Litigation; Georgetown University Law Center; Young Lawyers Section of the Bar Association; the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia; the Law Journal SeminarsPress; the Legal Times; the Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association; State Bar of Georgia; the West Virginia Bar; Close-Up Foundation; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal Trade Commission; and the Consumer Federation of America.
Mr. Webster received an A.B. (1955) from Providence College, where he served two four-year terms on its Board of Trustees and as Trustee Emeritus, and a J.D. (1958) from Georgetown University Law Center (first in the class) where he was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award in 1976 by the Alumni Club of Washington, D.C. He was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1958 and the Maryland Bar in 1998. In 1959, he joined the law firm of Hogan & Hartson where he remained until 1967. He was a founding partner in the law firm of Williams & Connolly until 1981 when he joined Nussbaum, Owen & Webster. In 1989 he joined Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, where he practiced until 2009, when he joined Webster Book.
Areas of Practice
Litigation and Appeals
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia, 1958
U.S. Federal Courts, 1958
U.S. Supreme Court, 1968
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1958
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1968
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
J.D.
Honors: First in Class
Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island
A.B. – 1955
Honors and Awards
Best Lawyers in America: Commercial Litigation
Best Lawyers in America: White Collar Criminal Defense
Best Lawyers in America: Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Litigation
Best Lawyers in America: Plaintiffs’ Products Liability Litigation
Best Lawyers in America: Products Liability Litigation Defense
Providence College Faithful Friar Award
Georgetown University Alumni Achievement Award