William T. Webb

Mr. Webb has developed a commercial practice, having represented plaintiffs and defendants in trials and arbitrations involving commercial, construction, environmental, securities, professional malpractice, insurance coverage, insurance defense, products liability, probate litigation, labor and employment, uninsured motorist coverage and personal injury. In addition, he has represented clients involved in disputes concerning labor relations and other commercial disputes that were resolved short of trial. He has also represented clients in both state and federal courts of appeal, in cases including lender liability, intellectual property, municipal liability, real estate and construction issues, to name a few. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Webb also advises businesses in transactional matters, including contracts, entity formation, intellectual property, real estate, commercial lending, web site development, and the like. Mr. Webb has taught trial advocacy to law students and practicing attorneys through the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. In addition, from 2005 - 2009, he lectured on the Uniform Commercial Code at the San Francisco Law School. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees William T. Webb included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About William T. Webb Included on the 2026Northern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list

• Founder and Principal Attorney

• Moderator, Mortgage Lending and Consumer Financial Services Update, Jill Kovar, Julia Greenfield, Ryan Louvar, Lowell Haky and Luke Fenstermacher, California State Bar Association, Annual Meeting Seminar, October 13, 2012
• Moderator, What’s New on the Horizon: Hot Topics in Consumer Law, Julia Greenfield, Jill Kovar, Rita Lin and Martha King, California State Bar Association, Business Law Section, March 23, 2011
• Moderator and panelist: Recent Developments in Arbitration in Consumer Contracts, William Stern and Charles Marshall, California State Bar Association, Business Law Section Cyberinstitute, January 19, 2011
• Overview of Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, California State Bar Association, Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee Teleseminar, September 24, 2009
• Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Building Skills: Western Trial Program, San Francisco, CA, 2010 - 2013
• Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Utah Child Advocacy Expert Witness, Salt Lake City, UT, 2013
• Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Western Deposition Skills, San Francisco, CA, 2006 - 2008
• Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Rocky Mountain Child Advocate Training Institute, Boulder, CO, 2001 - 2011
• Presenter, Notice, Take and Defend Entity (aka “PMK”) Depositions, State Bar of California, Business Law Section Webinar, December 14, 2017
• Presenter, Effective Use of Headnotes in Openings, Closings and Witness Examinations, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Studio 71 Webcast, June 28, 2016
• Presenter, Notice, Take and Defend Entity (aka “PMK”) Depositions, State Bar of California, Business Law Section Webinar, January 14, 2016
• Panelist, Judicial Reference: An ADR Alternative in Business Litigation, State Bar of California, Business Law Section Webinar, May 7, 2015
• Panelist, New Developments in the Enforcement of Consumer Arbitration Clauses, State Bar of California Annual Meeting Seminar, September 14, 2014
• Instructor, Trial Advocacy Training Program, Rutgers Law School, R. Nicholas Gimbel Fund for Legal Excellence, 2016
• Instructor, Intensive Trial Advocacy Training Program, Notre Dame Law School, 2015
• Speaker, Uniform Commercial Code, San Francisco Law School
• Presenter: Notice, Take and Defend Entity (aka “PMK”) Depositions (California Lawyers Association, Business Law Section and Solo and Small Firm Section, October 18, 2018)
• Panelist: Litigating Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Regarding Closely Held Entities (Strafford Webinar, June 13, 2019)

• O’Brien v. Department of Transportation
• Citation: N.E.3d, WL 994158
• Year: 2019
• Skorup v. Modern Door Corp
• Citation: 153 F.3d 512
• Court: 7th Cir
• Year: 1998
• Kantz v. Elkhart County Highway Department
• Citation: 701 N.E.2d 608
• Court: Ind.Ct.App
• Hoover v. Hearth & Home Design
• Citation: 654 N.E.2d 744
• Court: Ind
• Year: 1995
• Plummer v. Board of Commissioners of St. Joseph County
• Citation: 653 N.E.2d 519
• Prange v. Martin
• Citation: 629 N.E.2d 915
• Year: 1994
• Weldy v. Kline
• Citation: 616 N.E.2d 398
• Year: 1993

• Colorado
• California
• Illinois, 1991
• Indiana, 1992
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1991
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1992
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1992

• State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Business Litigation Committee, 2016 - Present (Advisor)
• State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Executive Committee, 2012 - 2015 (Member)
• State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Executive Committee, 2015 - 2016 (Advisor)
• State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Executive Committee, 2013 - 2015 (Treasurer)
• State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee, 2007 - 2012 (Member)
• State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee, 2011 - 2012 (Chair)
• State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Programming, 2010 - 2011 (Vice-Chair)
• State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee, 2008 - 2010 (Secretary)
• State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Legislation and Publications, 2009 - 2010 (Vice-Chair)
• San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association, 2007 - Present (Member)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Sigma Tau Delta