Webb, Dan; Winston & Strawn

Winston & Strawn is an international law firm with offices in Chicago; New York City; Los Angeles; Washington, DC; Paris, France; and Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1853, the firm currently has 850 attorneys and many prominent business clients. Dan K. Webb is currently the firm chairman and member of the Executive Committee (in addition to partner). In his time as U.S Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, he spearheaded the "Operation Greylord" investigations into judicial corruption in Cook County.  He now practices civil litigation and criminal defense. His clients at Winston & Strawn have included former U.S. Representative Dan Rostenkowski, General Electric, Boeing, American Airlines, JP Morgan Chase, Exelon, and Microsoft as well as former Republican Governor George Ryan. Dan Webb served as lead counsel for George Ryan's trial.

Winston and Strawn and partner Dan K. Webb are career patrons of former Attorney General and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan (R). As of June 30, 2002, they had contributed $104,500 to Jim Ryan; $63,000 was contributed by Dan Webb and $41,500 was contributed by the law firm.

From 1993 to June 30, 2002, Dan Webb and Winston and Strawn contributed $202,000 to Illinois legislative and statewide candidates, 90% of which went to Republicans.

Last revised June 2011.