PRACTICE AREAS: Workers Compensation; Personal Injury; Civil Practice; Estates; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Wrongful Death; Workers Compensation Law.

SPECIALIST: John W. Watson, Jr. is a board certified specialist in the area of Workers Compensation Law.

ADMITTED: 1982, North Carolina; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court.

LAW SCHOOL: Campbell University, J.D., 1982
COLLEGE: University of North Carolina, B.A., 1976; Mercer University

MEMBER: Granville County Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

BIOGRAPHY: Delta Theta Phi. Member, Campbell University Law Review, 1981-1982. Author: Note, "Tort Law-Merchant's Duty to Protect Invitees From Third Party Criminal Acts," Campbell Law Review, Volume 4, Number 2, Spring, 1982. President, Ninth Judicial District Bar Association, 1994-1995. Former Director and Vice-President, North Central Legal Services of North Carolina.

LANGUAGES: Spanish

REPORTED CASES: Jones v. Murdoch Center, NCAPP, 327, SE2d 294, 74 NCAPP 128-Work Comp 803, 847, 876; Hilliard v. Manitowoc, 61 F3d 900, 1995 WL 434828 4th Circuit South Carolina; Hooper v. Pizzagalli Const. Co., NCApp, 436 SE2d 145, 112 NCAPP 400, review den 442 SE2d 516, 335 NC 770.-App & E 875; Judgm 181 (2), 185 (6), 345; Mast & S 315, 318 (1), 319; Neglig 22, 55; Pretrial Proc 695; Work Comp 2084.

BORN: Richmond, Virginia, January 16, 1954

E-MAIL: John Watson