Witness

Stephen Webster

Florida attorney who represented Dan Markel in his custody dispute and testified for the prosecution; separately named as Charlie Adelson's divorce attorney in phone records from the morning of the murder.

Appeared Charlie Adelson

Mentioned Donna Adelson

59 lines · 2 appearances · 2 mentions · 2 trials

About

Webster is a useful cross-reference point because he independently connects two separate legal threads in the case record: Dan Markel's own custody litigation and Charlie Adelson's contemporaneous divorce matter, both routed through the same attorney around the time of the murder.

Across Trials

Webster's role shifts significantly between the two trials. In the first, he is a substantive witness called by the prosecution, giving firsthand testimony about Markel's state of mind, the custody dispute, and family dynamics in the weeks before the murder, and facing cross-examination that tested his professional qualifications. In the second, he does not testify at all; he is a peripheral figure mentioned only once, identified as Charlie Adelson's divorce attorney and noted for being someone both Charlie Adelson and Dan Markel tried to reach by phone on the morning of the shooting. The throughline is that Webster was an active family law presence for both men around the time of the murder, but his evidentiary weight drops from firsthand witness testimony to a single phone-record reference.

Trial Record (4)

CA Charlie Adelson Oct 26, 2023 – Nov 6, 2023

Trial Summary

Attorney Stephen Webster, who represented Dan Markel from May 2014 until Markel's death, testified about the pending family-law dispute, Markel's positions and plans as Webster understood them, and their last communication; the defense challenged Webster's family-law experience and firsthand litigation history.

Testimony (2)

Direct

Stephen Webster - Direct

Day 2 Cross

Stephen Webster - Cross

Day 2

Mentioned (1)

Closing

Closing Argument - Georgia Cappleman

Day 8

DA Donna Adelson Aug 22, 2025 – Sep 4, 2025

Trial Summary

Named in trial testimony as the divorce attorney representing Charlie Adelson, Webster appeared in phone records and testimony as a contact Dan Markel was attempting to reach on the morning of the murder.

Mentioned (1)

Direct

Christopher Corbitt - Direct (Continued)

Day 4