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William W. "Bill" Watts III

Helmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse, P.C.
  • Recognized Since:
    2009
  • Recognized in:
    Appellate Practice
  • Law School:
    University of Southern California
  • Lawyer Page:
    http://www.helmsinglaw.com/att...
  • Website:
    https://www.helmsinglaw.com
  • Location:
    The LaClede Building, Suite 2000
    150 Government Street
    P.O. Box 2767
    Mobile, AL 36652


Partner, Pipes, Hudson & Watts, LLP, Mobile, Alabama 

Born Evanston, Illinois; admitted to bar,1980, California; 1983, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Education Amherst College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); University of Southern California (J.D., 1980). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Member, Southern California Law Review, 1978-1980.

Author “Rule 54(b) Orders: Are They Losing Their Appeal?”, 71 Alabama Lawyer 278 (July 2010). "Uninsured Motorist Coverage Exclusions: A Chronicle of the Alabama Decisions," 20 Cumberland Law Review 267 (1989-1990); "Common Law Remedies in Alabama for Contamination of Land" 29 Cumberland Law Review 37 (1998-1999).

Member: Mobile County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.

William Watts has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of appellate law and has been named Best Lawyers 2012 Mobile Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year (Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
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Partner, Pipes, Hudson & Watts, LLP, Mobile, Alabama 

Born Evanston, Illinois; admitted to bar,1980, California; 1983, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Education Amherst College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); University of Southern California (J.D., 1980). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Member, Southern California Law Review, 1978-1980.

Author “Rule 54(b) Orders: Are They Losing Their Appeal?”, 71 Alabama Lawyer 278 (July 2010). "Uninsured Motorist Coverage Exclusions: A Chronicle of the Alabama Decisions," 20 Cumberland Law Review 267 (1989-1990); "Common Law Remedies in Alabama for Contamination of Land" 29 Cumberland Law Review 37 (1998-1999).

Member: Mobile County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.

William Watts has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of appellate law and has been named Best Lawyers 2012 Mobile Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year (Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
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  • Bar Admissions
  • Affiliations
  • Award List
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Appellate Practice
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Appellate Practice
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Appellate Practice
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Appellate Practice
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2012 - Appellate Practice

Education:

  • University of Southern California , J.D., graduated 1980
  • Amherst College, BA, graduated 1974

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Appellate Practice, Mobile (2022)
  • Appellate Practice, Mobile (2020)
  • Appellate Practice, Mobile (2019)
  • Appellate Practice, Mobile (2015)
  • Appellate Practice, Mobile (2012)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Appellate Practice
 

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Key: Awarded in Best Lawyers Not Currently Awarded for this Area in Best Lawyers

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Helmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse, P.C.
https://www.helmsinglaw.com
 
The LaClede Building, Suite 2000
150 Government Street
P.O. Box 2767
Mobile, AL 36652
251-432-5521
 
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