Background
Watson, Stephen C. was born on April 16, 1946 in Athens, Georgia, United States.
Watson, Stephen C. was born on April 16, 1946 in Athens, Georgia, United States.
University of Georgia (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1967). Stetson University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1970).
Worked at Hahn, McClurg, Watson, Griffith & Bush, P.A. (Lakeland, Florida) specializing in Corporation and Business, Real Property Law, Wills, Estate Planning. Admitted to the bar, 1970, Florida. Phi Delta Phi (Outstanding Graduate, Cardozo Inn, 1970).
Managing Editor, Stetson Law Review, 1969-1970.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph P. Lieb, Chief Judge, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1970-1971.
Author: "Government in the Sunshine: The Question of Open Meetings and the Public"s Right to Know," Stetson Law Review, 1970. Assistant City Attorney, City of Lakeland, Florida, 1971-1979.
Member: Lakeland, Tenth Judicial Circuit (Member, 1975 and Chairman, 1978-1982, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee) and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust. Trial Lawyers; Corporate, Banking and Business Law. Member, Executive Council, Local Government Section, 1978-1979).
American Judicature Society.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
Polk County Trial Lawyers Association. (Board Certified Real Estate Law Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education).
Member: Lakeland, Tenth Judicial Circuit (Member, 1975 and Chairman, 1978-1982, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee) and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust. Trial Lawyers; Corporate, Banking and Business Law.
Member, Executive Council, Local Government Section, 1978-1979).
American Judicature Society. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Polk County Trial Lawyers Association.
(Board Certified Real Estate Law Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education).