TIMOTHY WEBSTER is co-leader of the firm’s Environmental, Health, and Safety 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. Timothy has handled a wide variety of 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” and other matters.
In 2015, Timothy 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. Timothy remains active with the D.C. Bar, serving as chair of the Leadership Development Committee (2021–2022), chair of the Pro Bono Committee (2021–2022), and chair of the Strategic Planning Committee (2019–2020).
In addition, Timothy served as outside pro bono General Counsel of the D.C. Bar from 2004–2010, advising on business matters and defending the Bar and its employees in litigation.
While at the University of Virginia School of Law, Timothy served as editor-in-chief of the Virginia Environmental Law Journal. After graduating, he clerked for the Honorable John P. Wiese in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. At the Department of Justice, Timothy litigated complex civil enforcement cases brought under a variety of federal environmental statutes, including CERCLA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Oil Pollution Act, among others.
Timothy is listed in Who’s Who Legal, Chambers USA, and The Best Lawyers in America. He is ranked by Chambers USA for Environment in District of Columbia (2009–2024) and is recognized as a “Litigation Star” in the Environmental category by Benchmark Litigation (2016–2025). He is also listed among the Lawdragon “Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law” (2023). Timothy is a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation.