Dan K. Webb

Webb grew up in Bushnell, in west central Illinois.{{cite web|url=http://projects.suntimes.com/koschman/latest-news/prosecutor-well-versed-in-all-things-rush-st/|title=Special Prosecutor Dan Webb well-versed in Rush St. – The Killing of David Koschman|website=projects.suntimes.com|access-date=18 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.superlawyers.com/illinois/article/the-man-who-talked-his-way-into-law-school/032820b8-2c48-4003-8818-2a1d55e99afe.html|title=Dan K.Webb – Illinois Lawyers – The Man Who Talked His Way Into Law School|website=superlawyers.com|access-date=18 October 2018}} His father was a mail carrier, and his mother a dental assistant.

Webb graduated from Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois.{{cite web|url=http://www.wiu.edu/foundation_and_development/profiles/webb.php|title=Webb for the Defense of Western |access-date=2016-03-10 |publisher=Western Illinois University }} Webb attended Loyola University Chicago School of Law, receiving a J.D. in 1970.

Webb is a former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, serving from 1981 to 1985. From 1970 to 1976, he was an assistant U.S. attorney in the special prosecutions division of the U.S. attorney's office of the Northern District of Illinois. In 1990, Webb received international attention for his prosecution of retired Admiral John Poindexter{{cite news | first=George | last=Lardner Jr. | title=Poindexter Prosecutor Is Named;Ex-U.S. Attorney Webb to Try Case Against Former Reagan Aide | date=1988-09-06 | url =http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1210209.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121103030200/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1210209.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =2012-11-03 | newspaper =The Washington Post | access-date = 2010-02-14 }} in the Iran-Contra affair. The convictions were overturned on appeal.

As a federal prosecutor in Illinois, he gained fame for his lead role in the Operation Greylord investigations into judicial corruption in Cook County, Illinois.{{cite news | first=Kevin | last=Klose | title=9 Are Indicted in U.S. Probe Of Chicago Court Corruption | date=1983-12-15 | url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/12/15/9-are-indicted-in-us-probe-of-chicago-court-corruption/0444d870-e47c-4d2d-8356-33fc84560714/ | newspaper =The Washington Post | access-date = 2018-10-03 }}

Alongside Rudy Giuliani, current attorney to President Trump and former Mayor of New York City and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Webb co-founded the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). To date, OCDETF, which comprises 2,500 law enforcement agents from eleven federal agencies including the FBI, DEA, ATF, ICE, IRS, U.S. Marshals Service, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has conducted operations that have led to 44,000 drug-related convictions and the seizure of over $3 billion in cash and property assets.{{cite web|url=https://www.porterhedges.com/Professionals/DanielKHedges |title=Daniel K. Hedges – Porter Hedges LLP |access-date=2018-11-03 |publisher=Porter Hedges LLP }}

The Department of Justice considered appointing Webb as special prosecutor to examine President Bill Clinton's role in the Whitewater controversy but Webb declined due to an extensive case load.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/15/us/rostenkowski-s-focused-new-lawyer.html |title=Rostenkowski's Focused New Lawyer |access-date=2018-10-02 |work=The New York Times |date=15 June 1994 |last1=Lewis |first1=Neil A. }}

Webb previously served as Special Counsel in the Iran-Contra affair and successfully prosecuted Admiral John Poindexter, President Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, for lying to the United States Congress and obstructing their investigations.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/25/us/in-a-turnabout-from-trial-of-north-poindexter-prosecutor-seizes-drama.html |title=In a Turnabout From Trial of North, Poindexter Prosecutor Seizes Drama|access-date=2018-10-02 |work=The New York Times |date=25 March 1990 |last1=Lewis |first1=Neil A. }} Admiral Poindexter's conviction was overturned on appeal in 1991. Webb famously deposed President Reagan during his investigation.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-31-mn-209-story.html |title=Prosecutor Mocks Reagan's Testimony as Foggy and Biased: Iran-Contra: But Poindexter's attorney offers a spirited defense of the former President's forgetfulness. The case goes to the jury Monday. |access-date=2018-10-02 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=31 March 1990 }}

In 2012, Webb was the special prosecutor in the case involving David Koschman, who died after being punched by the nephew of then-Chicago Mayor, Richard M. Daley. On August 23, 2019, Webb was appointed as the special prosecutor in the Jussie Smollett case.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/special-prosecutor-named-look-jussie-145451091.html;_ylt=AwrC0F8icGBdimgAsRrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg-- |title=Special prosecutor named to look into Jussie Smollett case |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=2019-08-23 |publisher=AP via Yahoo News }}

After leaving public service, his focus was on defense, especially of white-collar crime and allegations of corporate malfeasance. He was lead defense trial counsel for General Electric in a price-fixing case; represented Microsoft in antitrust litigation; and represented Philip Morris in its tobacco-related litigation.

He is the co-executive chairman of Winston & Strawn, an international law firm with nearly 1,000 attorneys in 16 offices in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, with gross revenue of $985 million in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/attorneys/webb-dan-k.html |title=Dan Webb – Trial Lawyer – Winston & Strawn |access-date=2018-10-02 |publisher=Winston & Strawn }} According to Chambers and Partners, Webb is one of the top seven trial lawyers in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://chambers.com/profile/individual/148089?publicationTypeId=5 |title=Dan K. Webb |access-date=2018-11-12 |publisher=Chambers and Partners |archive-date=2018-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113025900/https://chambers.com/profile/individual/148089?publicationTypeId=5 |url-status=dead }} Webb represented Bill Gates and Microsoft in the United States v. Microsoft Corp,{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-17-fi-webb17-story.html |title=Legal Heavyweights Add Punch to the Microsoft Case |access-date=2018-10-02 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=17 March 2002 }} the New York Stock Exchange as chief counsel in a dispute involving $120 million in compensation paid to their former chairman and CEO Richard Grasso,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/03/business/report-details-huge-pay-deal-grasso-set-up.html |title=Report Details Huge Pay Deal Grasso Set Up |access-date=2018-10-04 |work=The New York Times |date=3 February 2005 |last1=Jr |first1=Landon Thomas |last2=Anderson |first2=Jenny }} General Electric in a price-fixing case,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/business/how-ge-plays-for-keeps-in-diamonds.html |title=How G.E. Plays for Keeps in Diamonds |access-date=2018-10-02 |work=The New York Times |date=18 September 1994 |last1=Frantz |first1=Douglas }} Philip Morris in its $300 billion tobacco-related litigation,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/business/need-a-superlawyer-take-a-number.html |title=Need a Superlawyer? Take a Number |access-date=2018-10-02 |work=The New York Times |date=13 June 2004 |last1=Jr |first1=Landon Thomas }} Verizon in obtaining a $58 million verdict in a patent litigation matter with Vonage,{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vonage-verizon-patent-idUSN0727171820070307 |title=Verizon-Vonage patent case in hands of jury |access-date=2018-10-02 |publisher=Reuters }} Guggenheim Partners in litigation related to their $2.2 billion acquisition of the Los Angeles Dodgers,{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-funds-guggenheim-lawsuit/guggenheim-accused-of-siphoning-annuity-units-cash-for-la-dodgers-idUSKBN1JS20A |title=Guggenheim accused of siphoning annuity unit's cash for LA Dodgers |access-date=2018-10-02 |publisher=Reuters }} Beef Products Inc. in obtaining over $177 million, the largest ever settlement in the United States for a media defamation case,{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-abc-pinkslime-idUSKBN19J1W9 |title=ABC TV settles with beef product maker in 'pink slime' defamation case |access-date=2018-10-05 |publisher=Reuters }} and other Fortune 100 corporations in litigation including BP, Boeing, JPMorgan Chase, Ernst & Young, Pfizer, and Deloitte.{{cite web|url=https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/attorneys/webb-dan-k.html |title=Dan Webb – Trial Lawyer |access-date=2018-10-17 |publisher=Winston & Straw }} Webb has tried over 100 jury cases.{{cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/857092/rainmaker-q-a-winston-strawn-s-dan-webb |title=Rainmaker Q&A: Winston & Strawn's Dan Webb |access-date=2018-11-23 |publisher=Law360 }}

Webb has represented numerous politicians in high-profile matters, including the Governor of Illinois George Ryan,{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-12-19-0312190397-story.html |title=Webb set to defend 'Ryan the man' |date=19 December 2003 |access-date=2018-11-12 |publisher=Chicago Tribune }} Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/us/jackson-jr-to-resign-house-seat.html |title=Jesse Jackson Jr. Resigns, Facing Illness and Inquiry |access-date=2018-11-15 |work=The New York Times |date=21 November 2012 |last1=Davey |first1=Monica }} Chicago Congressman Dan Rostenkowski,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/15/us/rostenkowski-s-focused-new-lawyer.html |title=Rostenkowski's Focused New Lawyer |access-date=2018-11-12 |work=The New York Times |date=15 June 1994 |last1=Lewis |first1=Neil A. }} and Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-detroit-mayor/detroits-mayor-indicted-in-sex-scandal-idUSN2431691120080325 |title=Detroit's mayor indicted in sex scandal |access-date=2018-11-12 |publisher=Reuters }}

Webb represented the New York Stock Exchange as chief counsel in connection with an internal investigation over compensation to their former Chairman and CEO Richard Grasso and currently represents the NYSE in subsequent litigation.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/feb/03/usnews.internationalnews |title=NYSE 'paid Grasso $157m too much' |access-date=2018-10-02 |work=The Guardian |date=3 February 2005 |last1=Teather |first1=David }} Following Webb's internal investigation, summarized in what is now known as the "Webb Report," the New York Attorney General sued Grasso for the return of more than $120 million in compensation. He represented Beef Products Inc. in obtaining the largest ever settlement in the United States for a media defamation case. Disney reported that it paid Beef Products $177 million more than its insurance coverage to settle the case. Webb has also represented Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric, in his divorce and numerous personal matters,{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-10-31-0210310116-story.html |title=DIVORCE CASE: Dan Webb joins Jack Welch team |date=31 October 2002 |access-date=2018-10-02 |publisher=Chicago Tribune }} the city of Ferguson, Missouri to negotiate and litigate reforms with the United States Department of Justice following the shooting of Michael Brown,{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-ferguson-to-pay-chicago-lawyer-dan-webb-1335-an-hour-to-pursue-reforms-20150504-story.html |title=Ferguson to pay Chicago lawyer Dan Webb $1,335 an hour to pursue reforms |access-date=2018-10-02 |publisher=Chicago Tribune }} the children of Hyatt hotel heir Robert Pritzker in connection with allegations that their family trust funds were looted of about $1 billion,{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-01-10-0301100207-story.html |title=Top legal talent on board for Pritzkers |date=10 January 2003 |access-date=2018-10-02 |publisher=Chicago Tribune }} and billionaire Rishi Shah's Outcome Health in an internal investigation, following an exposé in The Wall Street Journal that alleged employees misled advertising clients.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-outcome-health-future-20180129-story.html |title='Uphill battle' predicted for Outcome Health after settlement with investors |date=29 January 2018 |access-date=2018-10-07 |publisher=Chicago Tribune }} Alongside David Boies, lead counsel to Al Gore in Bush v. Gore that determined the 2000 United States Presidential Election, Webb represented $9 billion hedge fund Amaranth Advisors in the firm's dissolution.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/11/14/amaranths-dream-team-law-firm-beck-webb-boies/ |title=Amaranth's Dream-Team Law Firm: Beck, Webb & Boies |access-date=2018-11-17 |work=The Wall Street Journal }} In January 2016, Webb was retained by the city of Chicago to conduct an independent review of their legal department, after it was alleged in a lawsuit that a city attorney hid evidence of a fatal police shooting.

Webb also represented the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, William Kennedy Smith, in litigation alleging sexual harassment.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-01-05-0501050149-story.html |title=Suit against JFK nephew is dismissed |date=5 January 2005 |access-date=2018-10-17 |publisher=Chicago Tribune }}

Other corporations that Webb has represented include American Airlines, Alcoa, Charles Schwab, ConocoPhillips, Cisco Systems, Heinz, Bacardi, Cargill, State Farm, Motorola, and Express Scripts.

Fox News hired Webb to defend it in Dominion v. Fox News Network.

In 2023, Pat Fitzgerald retained Webb to represent him following his firing as head coach of Northwestern Wildcats football team as a result of the school's hazing scandal. {{cite web | url=https://footballscoop.com/news/pat-fitzgerald-has-lawyered-up | title=Pat Fitzgerald has lawyered up | date=10 July 2023 }}

Webb served as lead defense counsel in the six-month jury trial of the former Governor of Illinois George H. Ryan on public corruption charges, including racketeering, mail fraud, and income tax fraud.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/us/trial-shows-former-illinois-governor-in-two-lights.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=70D84AB6E0D1E414D5B3DC665FC0B75D&gwt=pay |title=Trial Shows Former Illinois Governor in Two Lights |access-date=2018-10-02 |work=The New York Times |date=29 September 2005 |last1=Wilgoren |first1=Jodi }}

His representation of the city of Chicago in an internal investigation was estimated to have cost the city over $3.5 million,{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicagos-law-department-to-pay-1-6-million-for-dan-webb-review/ |title=Chicago's law department to pay $1.6 million for Dan Webb review |date=22 November 2016 |access-date=2018-11-15 |publisher=Chicago Sun Times }} and Webb's defense of Governor Ryan at trial was estimated to have cost the Governor over $10 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20060417/NEWS04/200020237/ryan-conviction-a-setback-for-lead-attorney-dan-webb |title=Ryan conviction a setback for lead attorney Dan Webb |access-date=2018-11-15 |publisher=Chicago Business }} Loyola University named its nationally recognized Center for Advocacy as the Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy to honor his distinguished career.{{cite web|url=https://www.luc.edu/law/academics/centersinstitutesandprograms/dankwebbcenterforadvocacy/ |title=Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy |access-date=2018-11-23 |publisher=Loyola University Chicago School of Law }}

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In March 2018, the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, asked Webb to represent him personally and to lead his defense team in connection with Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation into the role of Trump's presidential campaign in Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. Webb declined to represent the President. He issued a statement to The Washington Post that the president's overture was the "highest honor" but that "business conflicts" prevented him from representing President Trump.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/another-prominent-attorney-declines-offer-to-represent-trump-in-russia-investigation/2018/03/26/568ddce6-3142-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html |title=Another prominent lawyer declines offer to represent Trump in Russia investigation |access-date=2018-10-02 |newspaper=The Washington Post }} Abbe Lowell, Webb's partner at law firm Winston & Strawn, represents the President's son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump in the investigation,{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/26/jared-kushner-lowell-legal-team-239973 |title=Kushner adds powerhouse lawyer Abbe Lowell to legal team |access-date=2018-10-02 |publisher=Politico }}{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/ivanka-trump-has-legal-relationship-with-kushner-lawyer-1513304432-5091685b-86c3-4820-9b05-65ae8a169f73.html |title=Ivanka Trump has legal relationship with Kushner lawyer |access-date=2018-10-17 |publisher=Axios }} and Webb represents billionaire Dmitry Firtash, a business partner of Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/doj-ex-manafort-associate-firtash-top-tier-comrade-russian-mobsters-n786806 |title=DOJ: Ex-Manafort Associate Firtash Is Top-Tier Comrade of Russian Mobsters |access-date=2018-10-02 |work=NBC News |date=26 July 2017 }} Webb represents Firtash alongside both Lanny Davis, defense counsel to President Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, and attorney Michael Chertoff, former United States Secretary of Homeland Security.{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-cohen-hires-former-clinton-aide-lanny-davis-7 |title=Michael Cohen Hires Former Clinton Aide Lanny Davis |access-date=2018-11-12 |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=5 July 2018 |last1=Swan |first1=Betsy }}

Alongside Lanny Davis, defense attorney for President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen, Webb also represents billionaire Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash should he be extradited to the United States to face charges of bribery. Firtash bid alongside business partner Paul Manafort, former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, to acquire the New York Drake Hotel, and is an associate of former Ukrainian Presidents Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych.

Webb received his own profile in The New York Times, Need a Superlawyer? Take a Number,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/business/need-a-superlawyer-take-a-number.html |title=Need a Superlawyer? Take a Number |access-date=2018-10-31 |work=The New York Times |date=13 June 2004 |last1=Jr |first1=Landon Thomas }} and according to Bloomberg, he is recognized consistently as one of the most sought-after trial lawyers in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=30398359&privcapId=679645&previousCapId=889855&previousTitle=Lakeside%20Bank |title=Dan K. Webb: Executive Profile & Biography |access-date=2018-10-31 |publisher=Bloomberg }} According to The Wall Street Journal, Webb is one of the country's most highly regarded litigators,{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/06/07/amaranths-dynamic-duo-dan-webb-david-boies/ |title=Amaranth's Dynamic Duo: Dan Webb & David Boies |access-date=2018-11-18 |work=The Wall Street Journal }} and according to the Los Angeles Times, Webb is one of the nation's leading trial attorneys.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-17-fi-webb17-story.html |title=Legal Heavyweights Add Punch to the Microsoft Case |access-date=2018-11-18 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=17 March 2002 }} Webb was ranked the number one litigator in the United States by Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers, the top litigation expert in the United States by Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers, and Law360 named Winston & Strawn, led by Webb, as Trial Group Of The Year for 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/rankings/practice-groups-of-the-year |title=Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year |access-date=2018-10-02 |publisher=Law360 }} Jenner & Block chairman Anton R. Valukas, bankruptcy examiner in the Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, called Webb "a stunningly good trial lawyer", and Brendan Sullivan, defense counsel in the Duke lacrosse case, remarked that Webb is "one of the most formidable courtroom lawyers in America today".{{cite web|url=https://www.winston.com/images/content/1/6/v2/1600/1714-ATTACH.pdfr |title=Chicago Lawyer's 2008 Person of the Year: Dan Webb of Winston & Strawn |access-date=2018-11-15 |publisher=Chicago Lawyer }} During his tenure as U.S. Attorney, Nina Totenberg of NPR called Webb "the best prosecutor I have ever laid eyes on". Webb is admitted to the United States Supreme Court and allowed to practice law before the court.{{cite web|url=https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/attorneys/webb-dan-k.html#credentials |title=Dan K. Webb – Court Admissions |access-date=2018-11-17 |publisher=Winston & Strawn }} Webb is known to bill at nearly $1,400 an hour.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2015/05/06/you-can-write-off-reasonable-lawyers-fees-but-how-about-1335-an-hour/#2eee663919d1 |title=You Can Write Off Reasonable Lawyer's Fees, But How About $1,335 An Hour? |access-date=2018-11-15 |work=Forbes }}

Business Insider named Webb one of "11 Lawyers You Definitely Don't Want to See Across the Aisle", and The Legal 500 listed Webb as one of the top 10 trial lawyers in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/10-lawyers-you-dont-want-to-see-across-the-aisle-2010-1#dan-webb-9 |title=11 Lawyers You Definitely Don't Want To See Across The Aisle |access-date=2018-10-02 |publisher=Business Insider }}{{cite web |url=https://www.legal500.com/firms/51080-winston-strawn/offices/53072-chicago-usa/lawyers/1084934 |title=The Legal 500: Dan Webb |access-date=2018-11-18 |publisher=The Legal 500 |archive-date=2018-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118205622/https://www.legal500.com/firms/51080-winston-strawn/offices/53072-chicago-usa/lawyers/1084934 |url-status=dead }} In addition to being named the number one litigator in the United States and the top litigation expert in the United States, Webb was also named the number one white-collar criminal defense attorney by Corporate Crime Reporter. Webb was named one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America by The Best Lawyers in America.{{cite web|url=https://www.bestlawyers.com/lawyers/dan-k-webb/3831 |title=Dan K. Webb – Chicago, IL – Lawyer |access-date=2018-10-03 |publisher=Best Lawyers in America }} Lawdragon included Webb on its 2017 Hall of Fame and on Lawdragon 500: The Legends.{{cite web|url=http://www.lawdragon.com/the-lawdragon-hall-of-fame/ |title=The Lawdragon Hall of Fame |access-date=2018-10-06 |publisher=Lawdragon }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lawdragon.com/lawdragon-500-the-legends-part-five/ |title=Lawdragon 500: The Legends |date=23 June 2015 |access-date=2018-10-06 |publisher=Lawdragon }}

Webb rejected attempts by the Cook County Republican Party to persuade him to run for mayor of Chicago in 1987. He, however, did agree to head a search committee to help the party find a willing candidate.{{cite web |title=Mayor To Stress Fairness Policies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/92506241 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) |via=The Associated Press |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=en |date=December 1, 1986}}

Webb is married to Laura, they have five children, and live in Burr Ridge, a suburb of Chicago. None of their children has become a lawyer.

In 2017, Webb participated in a televised mock trial on C-SPAN of William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, presented by The Shakespeare Theatre Company. Webb argued on behalf of main character Sebastian and the mock trial was judged by President Barack Obama's nominee to the United States Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland. Pamela Talkin, Marshal of the United States Supreme Court, served as marshal of the mock trial.{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?438341-1/shakespeare-theatre-company-presents-twelfth-night-mock-trial |title=Twelfth Night Mock Trial |access-date=2018-11-17 |publisher=C-SPAN }}

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