Background
Watson, John S. was born on February 18, 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Watson, John S. was born on February 18, 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
London School of Economics. Tulane University of Louisiana (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1965). University of Texas (Bachelor of Laws, with high honors, 1968).
Worked at Vinson & Elkins Limited liability partnership (Houston, Texas) specializing in Corporate Financing Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Offerings Law. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Texas. Chancellors; Order of the Coif.
Phi Delta Phi.
Phi Beta Kappa. Omicron Delta Kappa. Texas Law Review, 1966-1968. Law Clerk to the Honorary John Minor Wisdom, United States.
Circuit Judge, Fifth Circuit, 1968-1969.
Listed since 1983 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Corporate Law.