Webster Hubbell attended the University of Arkansas on a football scholarship where he played offensive tackle for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
17 Facts About Webster Hubbell
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Webster Hubbell graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1970, then graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law with honors.
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Webster Hubbell began the practice of law with the Rose Law Firm in 1973, where in February 1977 Hillary Clinton joined him as a law partner.
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Webster Hubbell was re-elected to the City Board of Directors in 1980 where he served until he resigned in 1984 to become the chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Webster Hubbell was active in community affairs including, serving as president of the Visiting Nurses Association, on the Board and Treasurer of the Arkansas Arts Center, on the board of the UAMS Foundation, and as chairman of the board of the Arkansas State Board of Bar Examiners.
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Webster Hubbell was formally nominated as Associate Attorney General on April 2,1993, and was immediately attacked for his ties to the Clintons.
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Webster Hubbell's nomination was nonetheless quickly confirmed by the US Senate and he served as Associate Attorney General until April 1994.
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Webster Hubbell oversaw all the civil divisions of the US Department of Justice, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and was appointed by Janet Reno as the Chief Operating Officer of Department and its 100,000 employees and $10 billion budget.
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Webster Hubbell had previously resigned as associate attorney general on April 14,1994, to avoid controversy regarding his work at Justice and in hopes of reaching a resolution with the Rose Law Firm.
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In December 1994 Webster Hubbell pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of tax fraud and on June 28,1995, Judge George Howard sentenced Webster Hubbell to 21 months' imprisonment.
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Starr and his prosecutors were convinced that Webster Hubbell knew all the Clintons' secrets that were under investigation and that, if pressured enough, Webster Hubbell would tell all.
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Webster Hubbell had, in the course of Starr's investigation, provided documents as part of an immunity agreement with the Independent Counsel about his consulting agreements.
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On November 14,1998, Starr obtained a third indictment, this time alleging that Webster Hubbell had committed fraud and given false testimony to the House Banking Committee and federal banking regulators.
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On June 30,1999, the day Starr was required to step down as Independent Counsel, Webster Hubbell entered into a plea agreement resolving the indictments.
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Webster Hubbell pleaded guilty to one charge of failing to disclose a potential conflict of interest from ten years earlier.
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Webster Hubbell was sentenced to one year of probation; in exchange, the prosecutor dropped charges against Hubbell's wife, lawyer, and accountant, and Starr agreed not to bring further charges against him.
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Webster Hubbell has since written Ginger Snaps and A Game Of Inches, published by Beaufort.