Robert Harmon Watson Jr.

Civil, Mediation
1500 Riverview Tower, 900 S. Gay Street, P.O. Box 131
Knoxville, Tennessee 379010131


Civil

Admitted

1971, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of Tennessee, J.D., 1970

Law School Graduation Year

1970

College

University of Tennessee, B.S., 1968

Memberships

Knoxville (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1981), Tennessee (Faculty Member) and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Inns of Court.

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi (President, 1969). Author: University of Tennessee Legal Clinic Handbook of Forms, 1971; A Civil Rights Survival Kit, Public Risk, October, 1994. Lecturer, Civil Rights Litigation, 1983, National Institute for Municipal Law Officers, 1989; Civil Rights Update, Knoxville Bar Association, 1990; Suing and Defending the Government, Tennessee Bar Association, 1993; Police Pursuit and Municipal Liability, Before County and City Attorneys. Instructor and Staff Attorney, Legal Clinic, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1970-1971. Special Trial Counsel, City of Knoxville, 1976-1983. Deputy County Law Director, 1985-1988. Special Trial Counsel, City of Knoxville, 1988—. Member, Charter Revision Committee, City of Knoxville, 1982. Member, Unified Government Commission, 1996. (Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization)

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