Timothy K Webster

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TIMOTHY K. WEBSTER is co-leader of the firm’s Environmental practice. He joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office from the U.S. Department of Justice where he served as a Trial Attorney in the Environmental Enforcement Section. His practice includes both civil and criminal environmental enforcement defense, as well as challenges to government actions, internal investigations, and regulatory advocacy and compliance counseling. Tim has handled a wide variety of complex civil and criminal cases under statutes such as the Clean Air Act (including stationary sources, mobile sources, greenhouse gases, and stratospheric ozone, and the Risk Management Program), the Clean Water Act (including oil spills and permit violations), CERCLA (including cost recovery, contribution, and release reporting), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (misapplication and misbranding), as well as “toxic tort” litigation and other matters.

In 2015, Tim was sworn in as the 44th President of the District of Columbia Bar, a position he served in for a year while remaining a partner at the firm. This “unified” bar is the mandatory licensing authority for all District of Columbia lawyers and has over 100,000 members and about 150 employees. He also led the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, an affiliated 501(c)(3) entity that recruits, trains, and mobilizes volunteer attorneys to take pro bono cases serving individuals living in poverty. Tim remained active with the D.C. Bar thereafter, serving as chair of the Leadership Development Committee, the Pro Bono Committee, and the Strategic Planning Committee. He is a member of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.