Background
Webster, Robert B. was born in 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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Robert B. Webster
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University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1955. Juris Doctor, 1957).
Career
Worked at Clark Hill The Property Letting Centre (Birmingham, Michigan) specializing in Commercial Litigation, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Family Law. Admitted to the bar, 1958, Michigan. 1972, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Alpha Delta.
Member, Order of Barristers. Law Clerk to Judge Ralph M. Freeman, United States. District Court, East. Doctorate. Michigan, 1957-1959.
6th Circuit Oakland County Judge, 1973-1982, Chief Judge, 1977.
Chair, Michigan Supreme Court Committee to Revise and Consolidate Court Rules, 1977-1979. Member, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1991.
Member, American Law Institute, 1991. Director, American Judicature Society, 1996.
Commissioner, National Commission on Uniform State Laws, 1996.
Member: Oakland County, Detroit, Federal and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1990) Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Commissioner, 1982-1990. Member, Civil Procedure Committee, 1975-1985.
Chair, Legislative Committee, 1985-1986.
Vice President, 1987-1988. President-Elect, 1988-1989.
President, 1989-1990. Chair, State Bar Task Force).
Company-Chair, State Bar Task Force on Courts in 21st Century.
Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Michigan Bar Foundation. Military: Major, Air Force Resident, 1951-1956 (Retired).
Achievements
Membership
Member, Order of Barristers. Law Clerk to Judge Ralph M. Freeman, United States. District Court, East. Doctorate. Michigan, 1957-1959.
6th Circuit Oakland County Judge, 1973-1982, Chief Judge, 1977.
Chair, Michigan Supreme Court Committee to Revise and Consolidate Court Rules, 1977-1979. Member, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1991.
Member, American Law Institute, 1991. Director, American Judicature Society, 1996.
Commissioner, National Commission on Uniform State Laws, 1996.
Member: Oakland County, Detroit, Federal and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1990) Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Commissioner, 1982-1990. Member, Civil Procedure Committee, 1975-1985.
Chair, Legislative Committee, 1985-1986.
Vice President, 1987-1988. President-Elect, 1988-1989.
President, 1989-1990. Chair, State Bar Task Force).
Company-Chair, State Bar Task Force on Courts in 21st Century.
