J. Calhoun Watson

Commercial, Mediation
1310 Gadsden Street, P.O. Box 11449
Columbia, South Carolina 29211


Commercial

Admitted

1987, South Carolina; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Law School

University of South Carolina, J.D., cum laude, 1987

Law School Graduation Year

1987

College

Wofford College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1984

Memberships

Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1997-1998; Member: Board of Governors, 1998-2000; House of Delegates, 1997—); South Carolina Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2000—); Editorial Board, South Carolina Lawyer, 2000—; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; Defense Research Institute.

Biographical

Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif; Order of Wig and Robe. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts, 1984; Torts II, 1985; Federal Practice, 1986 and Trusts and Estates, 1987; Compleat Lawyer Award Silver Medallion, 2001. Student Works Editor, South Carolina Law Review, 1987. Law Clerk to Hon. Robert F. Chapman, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1987-1988. Legal Writing Instructor, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1986-1987.

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