Atlanta, Georgia
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Joe Watkins was born in Atlanta on November 14, 1952. Growing up in College Park, Ga., Joe attended Fulton County public schools and received his undergraduate degree, from the University of Georgia in 1974. Joe then attended and graduated with honors from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1977, where he was a member of Order of the Coif.
Joe practiced with an Atlanta defense firm first as an associate and then as a partner from 1977 until 1997, when he, Lance Lourie, and Rob Roll left that firm to form Watkins, Lourie & Roll, LLP, where they could concentrate their practice on representing those who are injured and damaged by others. Joe has served as Parliamentarian and Legislative Co-Chair of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and he is its President-Elect for 2006-07. Additionally, Joe is a former Chairman of the Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and has been a speaker at many continuing legal education programs.
Wrongful Death
Auto Accident
Truck Accident
Product Liability
- Areas of Practice:
- Wrongful Death
- Motor Vehicle
- Products Liability Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Animal Bites -- Plaintiff
- Apparel
- Arbitration
- Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff
- Bad Faith
- Chemicals & Cosmetics
- Class Actions
- Commercial Insurance
- Complex Litigation
- Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff
- Dental Malpractice
- Errors & Omissions Insurance
- Federal Appellate Practice
- Federal Trial Practice
- Firearms
- Food & Agricultural Products
- Insurance Law
- Insurance Malpractice
- Legal Malpractice
- Litigation & Appeals
- Machinery & Tools
- Mediation
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Products & Devices
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Motor Vehicle Defects
- Multidistrict Litigation
- Other Professionals Malpractice
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Pesticides
- Pharmaceutical Products
- Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Property & Casualty
- Property Damage -- Plaintiff
- Recreational Products
- Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
- State Appellate Practice
- State Trial Practice
- Toxic Torts
- US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Bar Admissions:
- Georgia, 1977
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1977
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 1977
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1977
- Education:
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia,
1977
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif - University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia,
1974
A.B.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Honors: With Honors
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Honors: Blue Key
Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
Honors: Dean's List
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2005 - 2006
- Parliamentarian
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2003 - 2005
- Legislative Co-Chairman
- State Bar of Georgia
- Chairman, Insurance Law Section
- Past Employment Positions:
- Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Partner, 1981 - 1997
- Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Associate, 1977 - 1981
