About Bill Webb
Judge William A. Webb is certified as a federal mediator in all three federal districts in North Carolina and is a certified North Carolina Superior Court mediator. Judge Webb keeps our state at the forefront of Alternative Dispute Resolution as the Chair of the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission.
Judge Webb is currently a senior advisor at Shanahan Law Group in Raleigh. He served as a magistrate judge for fourteen years in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
A Vietnam Veteran, Judge Webb was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force. He graduated summa cum laude, first in his class from the University of New Haven, and was awarded his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He began his distinguished law career as an Assistant District Attorney prosecuting homicides in Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
From there, he went on to serve as Senior Staff Counsel on the U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations, for the U.S. House of Representatives. Judge Webb became an Assistant U.S. Attorney and then Deputy Attorney General, Western Regional Director in Pennsylvania. He was commissioner of the Federal Equal Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C., where he worked with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
In Raleigh, Judge Webb worked as Assistant Attorney General, Chief OCDETF, and then as Deputy Secretary, General Counsel at the North Carolina Department of Crime Control & Public Safety. He served as Assistant U.S. Attorney as the first chief of the organized crime and drug enforcement task force. He was then appointed to the federal bench.
Judge Webb taught as an Adjunct Professor at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University, from 2009 until 2013. He has comprehensive expertise in the areas of employment law, federal regulations, appeals and white collar criminal defense.
Judge Webb is married to Allyson Duncan, a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. They have a son, Charles, who lives in Raleigh.
Judge Webb is currently a senior advisor at Shanahan Law Group in Raleigh. He served as a magistrate judge for fourteen years in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
A Vietnam Veteran, Judge Webb was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force. He graduated summa cum laude, first in his class from the University of New Haven, and was awarded his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He began his distinguished law career as an Assistant District Attorney prosecuting homicides in Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
From there, he went on to serve as Senior Staff Counsel on the U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations, for the U.S. House of Representatives. Judge Webb became an Assistant U.S. Attorney and then Deputy Attorney General, Western Regional Director in Pennsylvania. He was commissioner of the Federal Equal Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C., where he worked with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
In Raleigh, Judge Webb worked as Assistant Attorney General, Chief OCDETF, and then as Deputy Secretary, General Counsel at the North Carolina Department of Crime Control & Public Safety. He served as Assistant U.S. Attorney as the first chief of the organized crime and drug enforcement task force. He was then appointed to the federal bench.
Judge Webb taught as an Adjunct Professor at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University, from 2009 until 2013. He has comprehensive expertise in the areas of employment law, federal regulations, appeals and white collar criminal defense.
Judge Webb is married to Allyson Duncan, a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. They have a son, Charles, who lives in Raleigh.
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