David N. Webster is a member in Caplin & Drysdale's Washington, D.C. office.
An active trial lawyer, Mr. Webster has conducted a broad range of civil and criminal trials in sixteen states and the District of Columbia. His trials have included cases involving business fraud, securities fraud, contract actions, both for injunctions and damages, real estate matters, insurance coverage, employment litigation, both individual cases and class actions, aircraft and helicopter crashes, medical malpractice, products liability cases involving automobiles, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, toxic torts, the defense of legal malpractice cases for lawyers and law firms, and libel.
He also has testified as an expert witness in complex civil litigations involving parallel grand jury proceedings, administrative debarment and simultaneous civil litigation, and in matters involving the reasonableness of legal fees, and matters involving legal ethics.
Mr. Webster has been Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law at Georgetown University Law Center, an instructor in Trial Practice at Catholic University Law School, and taught a course in ethics at the University of Virginia Law School. He has appeared and lectured at the Harvard Law School, the University of Michigan Law School, the University of Florida Law School, the Emory University Law School, and the University of Baltimore School of Law. He has been a faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and has 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 Seminars-Press; 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 served as President of The Barristers and President of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since the first edition in 1983.