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James R. Webb ā Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Chesapeake Energy
Executive Bio
Mr. James R. Webb, also known as Jim, has been an Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Chesapeake Energy Corporation since January 2014, October 2012 and August 2013 respectively. Mr. Webb served as Senior Vice President of Legal and General Counsel at Chesapeake Energy Corporation from October 2012 to January 2014. He joined Chesapeake on a full-time basis after serving the past four months on a contract basis as Chief Legal Counsel. For the past 17 years, he has practiced law at McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma's largest law firm and has served as a Partner for the past 12 years. He served as a Director of McAfee & Taft. He is a trial lawyer whose practice involves the gamut of business-related litigation, including products liability, mass tort (including asbestos defense), labor and employment, insurance, real estate, oil and gas and other commercial controversies. He joined McAfee & Taft in 1995 after practicing several years with a firm in Denver. As part of his recent law practice, Mr. Webb was one of the lawyers who tried the case on behalf of The Professional Basketball Club, LLC (owner of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder) against the City of Seattle. His achievements in the area of litigation earned him recognition as a local litigation star in the 2009 edition of Benchmark Litigation. He is actively involved in the Oklahoma City legal and business community and contributes a substantial amount of time providing pro bono legal services on all types of matters, particularly to persons with serious mental and/or physical disabilities. He serves as general counsel of Oklahoma Youth Symphonies and as a member of the board of directors of the Center of Family Love in Okarche and the 5207 Western Foundation in Oklahoma City. Mr. Webb serves as a volunteer attorney for the DHS Safe Haven Program and volunteers his time each week to work directly with transplant patients at the Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute at Integris Baptist Medical Center. He has been recognized for his professional and civic contributions to the state by being honored with the Oklahoma Bar Association's Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award and the Oklahoma County Bar Association Community Service Award. He was named to the Journal Record's list of Leadership in Law honorees. Mr. Webb graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas and a Juris Doctorate degree from Washington University in St. Louis.
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Based on 10 ratings, Chesapeake Energy's employees are less satisfied with their Executive Team and give them a āD-ā or 48/100.
Chesapeake Energy's Executive Team ranks in the Bottom 5% of other companies in Oklahoma City, OK and Bottom 10% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.
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