Dan K. Webb

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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. [40] 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, [41] [42] and Webb represents billionaire Dmitry Firtash, a business partner of Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. [43] 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. [44]

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. [43]

Recognition and awards

Webb received his own profile in The New York Times , Need a Superlawyer? Take a Number, [45] and according to Bloomberg, he is recognized consistently as one of the most sought-after trial lawyers in the United States. [46] According to The Wall Street Journal , Webb is one of the country's most highly regarded litigators, [47] and according to the Los Angeles Times , Webb is one of the nation's leading trial attorneys. [48] 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, [22] and Law360 named Winston & Strawn, led by Webb, as Trial Group Of The Year for 2018. [49] 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". [50] During his tenure as U.S. Attorney, Nina Totenberg of NPR called Webb "the best prosecutor I have ever laid eyes on". [2] Webb is admitted to the United States Supreme Court and allowed to practice law before the court. [51] Webb is known to bill at nearly $1,400 an hour. [52]

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. [53] [54] 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. [55] Lawdragon included Webb on its 2017 Hall of Fame and on Lawdragon 500: The Legends. [56] [57]

Personal life

Webb is married to Laura, they have five children, and live in Burr Ridge, a suburb of Chicago. [3] [4] None of their children has become a lawyer. [4]

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. [58]

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Dan K. Webb
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Special Counsel for the
United States Department of Justice in the Iran-Contra affair
In office
1990–1991