Robert D. Webb

Partner Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210 617.439.2552 Fax: 617.310.9552 rwebb@nutter.com rwebb@nutter.com V-card

EDUCATION

• Boston University School of Law, J.D.
• Bowdoin College, A.B.

ADMISSIONS

• Massachusetts
• New York

ARTICLES & EVENTS

• Rob Webb was quoted in “After health reform, confusion reigns”
  Boston Business Journal
• Robert Webb quoted in “Pension plan choices may shrink”
  The Boston Globe
• Robert Webb lead AIM series of HR Roundtables
  
• Robert Webb analyzes cash balance pension plans
  Accounting and Financial Planning for Law Firms newsletter
• Robert Webb analyzes participation trends in retirement benefits
  Accounting and Financial Planning for Law Firms newsletter
• Employment Advisory, August 2006
  Employment, Labor and Benefits
• Robert Webb examines the cost of retiring a defined benefit pension plan
  Employment Law Strategist newsletter
• Manipulation of Stock Options: Caution Flag Out as Problems Emerge Through SEC and DOJ Investigations
  Government Investigations and White Collar Defense
• Employment Advisory, May 2006
  Employment, Labor and Benefits
• More

Robert D. Webb is the manager of Nutter’s Tax Department, chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee, former chair of the firm’s Hiring Committee and a member of the Labor, Employment and Benefits practice group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of employee benefits, ERISA and executive compensation law.

Rob represents employers and plan fiduciaries in all aspects of their pension, 401(k), ESOP, Roth arrangements, health and welfare benefits programs, as well as management and executives in the negotiation and enforcement of employment agreements. His experience includes the design, amendment, and compliance of retirement and deferred compensation arrangements, and in insured and uninsured health and welfare programs. Rob’s practice includes litigation of ERISA and compensation-related claims. He also counsels investment advisors for both publicly-traded and private companies and other investing entities on ownership issues related to ERISA plans.

Rob has written and spoken nationally on employee benefits and compensation, Code Section 409A, COBRA, PPACA and other health insurance regulation. His writing regarding executive retirement and deferred compensation arrangements, as well as federal and state health insurance mandates, has appeared in the Boston Business Journal. He has appeared on television and radio shows to discuss employment and employee benefit matters, and has been interviewed by The Boston Globe and BusinessWeek. His television, radio and Internet appearances include National Public Radio, Bloomberg, WBIX, WBZ–1030 AM’s “New England Business Day,” WGBH’s “Greater Boston with Emily Rooney,” New England Cable Network’s “Business Day” segment, and WCVB’s evening newscast.

Prior to joining the firm, he practiced in the area of employee benefits in New York City, and clerked in the Boston office of the Solicitor for the U.S. Department of Labor. He was an Edward Hennessey Scholar in law school and an editor of the American Journal of Law and Medicine.