J Calhoun Watson

Practice Areas

- Business Litigation

-Legal Liability and Ethics

-Litigtion

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Richland County Bar Association

South Carolina Bar

-President (2014-2015)

-Board of Governors (1998-2000, 2009-2016)

-House of Delegates (1997-present)

-Conventions Committee (2003-2008)

-Nominating Committee (2001-2004)

-Long Range Planning Committee (2000-2001)

-President, Young Lawyers Division (1997-1998)

-Member, Long Range Planning Committee, Young Lawyers Division (1995-1996)

South Carolina Bar Foundation

-President (2006-2007)

-Member, Board of Directors (2000-2008)

International Association of Defense Counsel

-Board Member

-Chair, Professional Liability Committee (2016-2018)

-Chair, Professional Liability Roundtable (2017-2019)

-Chair, Technology Committee (2010-2012)

-Chair, Website Task Force

National Conference of Bar Presidents (2014-present)

-Member, Communications Committee (2014)

John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court

-President (2010-2011)

Fellow, American Bar Foundation (2014-present)

Litigation Counsel of America

-Barrister, Order of Centurions

-Advocate, Order of Certus

-Member, Trial Law Institute

-Member, Diversity Law Institute

South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association (1996-present)

Defense Research Institute (1996-present)

Southern Conference of Bar Presidents (2014-present)

Claims & Litigation Management Alliance

Access to Justice Commission (2006-2012)

South Carolina Lawyer Magazine

-Member, Editorial Board (2000-2007)

Supreme Court of South Carolina Certified Mediator

Publications

Co-Author, The Law of Legal Malpractice in South Carolina (2017)

Awards