Background
Watz, James H. was born in 1942 in Buffalo, New York, United States.
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James H. Watz
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Canisius College (Bachelor of Science, 1963). Boston College (Bachelor of Laws, 1966).
Career
Worked at Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (Buffalo, New York) specializing in General Practice. Corporations, Litigation, Trust and Estates, Tax, Labor Relations, Real Estate, Banking, Commercial, Municipal Finance, Bankruptcy Reorganization, Antitrust, Products Liability, Insurance Coverage, Immigration, Customs, Environmental and Energy Law. Admitted to the bar, 1966, New York and United States.
Court of Military Appeals.
1970, United States. Supreme Court. Member, Editorial Staff, Boston College Industrial and Commercial Law Review, 1965-1966.
Assistant Professor of Law, United States Military Academy, 1969-1971. Lecturer, Business Law, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1984-1987.
Member, New York State Tax Commissioner"s Advisory Panel, Real Property Gains Tax, 1983-1985.
Member, Executive Committee, Real Property Law Section, New York State Bar Association. Member, Special Committee on Ethics Opinion 595, New York State Bar Association. Founded in 1834 in Buffalo as the law office of Orsamus H. Marshall, Phillips, Lytle counts among its former partners several prominent individuals including President Grover Cleveland.
Through its expansion into several offices and the development of new practice areas, the Firm has grown into a position of prominence in the northeastern United States and the province of Ontario.
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Membership
Member, Editorial Staff, Boston College Industrial and Commercial Law Review, 1965-1966. Assistant Professor of Law, United States Military Academy, 1969-1971. Lecturer, Business Law, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1984-1987.
Member, New York State Tax Commissioner"s Advisory Panel, Real Property Gains Tax, 1983-1985.
Member, Executive Committee, Real Property Law Section, New York State Bar Association. Member, Special Committee on Ethics Opinion 595, New York State Bar Association.
