Daniel Robert Thies

Daniel Robert Thies: Attorney with Webber & Thies, P.C.

Biography

Daniel Thies has litigated complex commercial disputes and defended class actions throughout the state of Illinois, and in federal courts across the country, including the First, Second, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits. He has represented clients in numerous trials and arbitrations, including serving as part of a trial team winning a $64 million judgment after a jury verdict in the Northern District of New York.

Prior to joining Webber & Thies, Mr. Thies was an associate at Sidley Austin LLP (2013-2018) and clerked for Chief Judge James F. Holderman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2011-2013) and for Judge Jerry Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2010-2011).

Areas of Practice (9)

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Business Representation
  • Estate Planning
  • Probate
  • Appellate Litigation
  • Insurance Litigation
  • Academia
  • Civil
  • Labor & Employment

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Beijing Normal University, Light Fellow, for study of Mandarin Chinese; Yale University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2007
Law School Attended:
Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2010
Year of First Admission:
2010
Admission:
2011, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (General Bar); 2010, Illinois; 2011, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2014, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2015, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2016, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2016, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2016, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2017, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2018, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2018, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2018, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar); 2019, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
Memberships:

Daniel Thies is a member of the Council of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar, the nationally recognized accrediting body for American law schools. He has served as an adjunct professor at the John Marshall Law School, teaching intellectual property trial advocacy.

Mr. Thies is a member of the ISBA’s Federal Civil Practice Section Council and the Young Lawyers Division Council, and has served as the chair of the ISBA Standing Committee on Legal Education, Admission, & Competence.

Mr. Thies served as the Reporter for the 2009-2010 ABA Presidential Commission on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Profession and Legal Needs, and as the Reporter for the 2012-2013 ISBA Special Committee on the Impact of Law School Debt on the Delivery of Legal Service. He has also represented Illinois as a delegate in the ABA Young Lawyers Division Assembly.

ISLN:
1000386520

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