Practice Areas

Education

  • University of Georgia, J.D., summa cum laude (1982)
  • Mercer University, B.A. (1979)

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Georgia
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Professional Affiliations

  • Bleckley Inn of Court (Master)
  • Atlanta Bar Association (Board of Directors, Construction Section)
  • Lawyers Club of Atlanta
  • Lumpkin Society, University of Georgia School of Law

John L. Watkins

Shareholder

Presentations

  • Speaker on Mediation in Construction Cases: Some Thoughts for the General Practitioner, ICLE Seminar on Construction Law for the General Practitioner, Atlanta, Georgia, September 28, 2007
  • Organizer and featured speaker at seminar on U.S. Product Liability Issues and Risk Management, conducted in cooperation with the Munich and Upper Bavaria IHK (International Chamber of Commerce), Munich, Germany, October 2007. Panel participants included representatives of Aon and Dieffenbacher GmbH & Co.KG.
  • Organizer and featured speaker at seminar on U.S. Product Liability Issues: What German Companies Need to Know, conducted in cooperation with the Munich and Upper Bavaria IHK (International Chamber of Commerce), Munich, Germany, October 2006. Panel participants included representatives of Daimler-Chrysler, A.G., Munich Re, and Dieffenbacher GmbH & Co.KG.
  • Moderator, Professionalism in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Atlanta Bar Association Construction Section CLE program, March 2006.
  • Speaker, Basic Issues Concerning Dispute Resolution, Technology Association of Georgia, International Section, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2003.
  • Speaker, The Assault on the Citadel: Judicial and Legislative Attacks on Arbitration Agreements in the United States, Center for International Legal Studies, Heidelberg, Germany, May 2003.
  • Panelist, Discovery Abuse in Georgia, Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, November 2002.
  • Speaker, Current Perspectives on Alternative Dispute Resolution, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, LLP, 2001.

Publications

  • Mediation in Construction Cases: Pros, Cons, and Some Thoughts for the General Practitioner, Institute for Continuing Legal Education Seminar Materials, September 28, 2007
  • ADR: A Practitioner’s View of a Changing Landscape, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, August, 2006, p. 30 (interview)
  • Co-Author and Editor, Basic Legal Considerations in Doing Business in the United States and the State of Georgia, German/English brochure, January 2006 (McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP)
  • Controlling Risk Through Dispute Resolution Provisions, AWH Knows Construction Newsletter, January 1, 2005
  • Mediation as a Means to Resolve Intellectual Property Disputes, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, August 2004
  • Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution in International Transactions in the United States, Management.de website, November 2003
  • Open Questions Regarding Non-Party Discovery in Commercial Arbitration, Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, July 2003.
  • Current Perspectives on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Program Materials on Information Technology Litigation (December 10, 2002)
  • Co-Author, Product Liability Tort Reform: The Case for Federal Action, 63 Neb. L. Rev. 389 (1984)
  • Co-Author, “Communication with Absent Class Members: Why Free Speech Should Prevail,” Program Materials for Ninth Annual Fall Meeting, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association (October 25-27, 1984)

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