Background
Watts, John D. was born on September 29, 1966 in Dublin, Georgia, United States.
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John D. Watts
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Furman University (Bachelor of Arts, 1988). Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1991). New York University (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1994).
Career
Worked at Jones, Spitz, Moorhead & Baird, P.A. (Anderson, South Carolina) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Insurance, Real Estate, Probate, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Taxation, Trust, Estate Planning and Pension and Profit Sharing Law. Trials.
Admitted to the bar, 1992, Georgia.
1995, South Carolina.
Member, 1990 and Editor, 1991, Eleventh Circuit Survey, Mercer Law Review. Law Clerk, United States.
Bankruptcy Court, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991-1993. Author: Comment, "Judicial Review of Zoning Ordinance in Georgia: The Court"s Role in Land Use Planning," 41 Mercer Review, 1469 (1990).
Member: State Bar of Georgia.
South Carolina Bar. Anderson County and American Bar Associations. The firm is successor to that founded in 1972 by Oren O. Jones to create a business oriented firm emphasizing comprehensive legal services consisting of personal estate planning, business and pension planning, corporate and taxation law, commercial and residential real estate, and civil litigation.
The firm has continued in that tradition and expanded its emphasis in those areas of concentration.
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Member, 1990 and Editor, 1991, Eleventh Circuit Survey, Mercer Law Review. Law Clerk, United States. Bankruptcy Court, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991-1993.
