J. Calhoun Watson

J. Calhoun Watson

cwatson@sowellgray.com

Member

Practice Areas
Admissions
  • South Carolina Bar
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
  • Wofford College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1984
    - Phi Beta Kappa
    - President of the Student Body
  • University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1987
    - Order of the Coif
    - Order of Wig and Robe
    - Student Works Editor of the South Carolina Law Review
    - Legal Writing Instructor, 1986-1987
Associations
  • International Association of Defense Counsel
  • Richland County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court
  • South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Certified Court Mediator
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP
  • Honorable Robert F. Chapman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
OFFICES
  • South Carolina Bar Board of Governors, 2009-present
  • South Carolina Bar Board of Governors, 1997-2000
  • South Carolina Bar House of Delegates, 1998-2006
  • President, South Carolina Bar Foundation, 2006-2007
  • Past President, Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar, 1997-1998
  • Editorial Board of South Carolina Lawyer Magazine, 2000-2006
  • Access to Justice Commission 2007-present
AWARDS
  • Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2009-2011), Commercial Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law
  • Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2010, 2011), Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Compleat Lawyer Award Silver Medallion, 2001
  • Selected as a SC "Super Lawyer" for Business Litigation and Professional Liability Defense (2008-2010)
  • Chambers U.S.A. America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, (2009, 2010)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
  • President, Historic Columbia Foundation
  • Past President of the Wofford College National Alumni Association, 2000