Dan Webb Named Governance, Risk, and Compliance Trailblazer and Pioneer by National Law Journal

Winston & Strawn partner and chairman Dan Webb was named as one of the National Law Journal’s Governance, Risk, and Compliance Trailblazers and Pioneers for 2014. This inaugural list recognized people who have truly “moved the needle” in facilitating the changing ways that law firms conduct business towards governance, risk, and compliance.

Mr. Webb has spent his entire professional life as a courtroom trial attorney and litigator and has almost 45 years of experience in litigation, governance, compliance, and enforcement. Prior to joining Winston & Strawn, he served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, where he personally tried many large corruption and financial fraud cases. “Over my 4-year term, I spent more time trying cases than administrating,” he said.

Mr. Webb currently has his eyes on the SEC. “Mary Jo White has signaled a change in policy to no longer allow companies to settle with SEC without admission of wrongdoing. But there is a lot of collateral damage if you make companies admit wrongdoing, and they may choose to go to trial. How that plays itself out is being watched very carefully right now.”