Wade H. Watson III

Honors/Awards:

• Cum Laude, University of Georgia
• 2008 Distinguished Service Award, Atlanta Bar Association

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, State Bar of Georgia
• Board of Directors, Atlanta Bar Foundation
• The Atlanta Bar Association, Immediate Past President (2014-2015); President (2013-2014), Secretary (2011-2012), Treasurer (2010-2011), Board of Directors, Member-at-Large (2004-2009)
• Member, American Bar Association
• Guest Faculty, Emory University School of Law, Trial Techniques Program, April 3, 2004
• Member, Atlanta Lawyers Club
• Atlanta Bar Association, Long Range Planning Committee (2008), Board of Directors, Litigation Section (2004-2009), Chair, Sole Practitioner and Small Firm Section (2002-2003), Member, Estate Planning and Probate Section
• Chair, Editorial Board of The Atlanta Lawyer (2003-2008)

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Board of Advisors, Meridian Herald, Inc.

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• "Georgia Court of Appeals Saves Direct Action Remedy and Extends it to Limited Liability Companies," The Litigator (Fall, 2007), Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar Association
• "Will Contests: Litigating the Trillion Dollar Inheritance of the Baby Boomers," Verdict, The Journal of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Fall 1997) (with Melissa S. Price, Esq.)
• "The Development of the Shareholder's Direct Action Damage Remedy," 28 Ga. Bar J. 195 (May 1992) (with J. Bertram Levy, Esq.), cited in Dunaway v. Parker, 215
• Business Litigation, "Litigating a Breach of Majority Owner Fiduciary Duty in a Closely Held Corporation," paper presented August 21, 2002, Atlanta
• "Lessons from a Troubled Estate: The Story of Otwell v. Regions Bank," 45th Estate Planning Institute, Institute of Continuing Legal Education of Georgia (February 2000)
• "How Do You Know If Your Case Is Settled? A Practical Discussion of Georgia Law of Settlement," State Bar of Georgia, Family Law Section Newsletter (September 1993) (with A. Paul Cadenhead, Esq.)
• "Update on Georgia Fiduciary Law," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Update on Georgia Law Seminar, February 2009
• "Update on Georgia Fiduciary Law," Financial Planning Association of Georgia Regional Conference, February 2009
• "Avoiding or Engaging in Fiduciary and Probate Litigation," Estate Planning Conference, Georgia Society of CPAs (July 19, 2007)
• "Tips On Making It Work, etc.," Atlanta Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, Transitioning to Solo or Small Firm Practice (February 2004)
• "Engagement Letters," Atlanta Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section (June 2003)
• "Compromised Claims of Minors/Wards," Probate Court Judges Fall Training, COAG Conference, November 17, 2010
• "Lifetime Transfers to a Second Spouse: Hard Issues and Their Resolution Through Mediation," Fiduciary Law Institute, July, 2010

Verdicts/Settlements:

• Kothari v. Patel, 262 Ga. App. 168, 585 S.E. 2d 97 (2003)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Stubblefield, 171 Ga. App. 331, 319 S.E. 2d 470 (1984)
• Norman v. Gober (II), 288 Ga. 754, 707 S.E.2d 98 (2013)
• Hood v. Todd, 287 Ga. 164, 695 S.E.2d 31 (2010)
• West v. West, 825 F. Supp. 1033 (N.D. Ga. 1992)
• Norman v. Gober (I), 288 Ga. 754, 707 S.E.2d 98 (2011)
• Otwell v. Regions Bank, Superior Court of Hall County (1997)
• Hasty v. Castleberry, 293 Ga. 727, 749 S.E.2d 676 (2013)
• Reinhardt University v. Castleberry, 293 Ga.App. 727, 734 S.E.2d 117 (2012)

Educational Background:

• Emory University, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, Pi Sigma Alpha, 1979