Professor John L. Watts
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Professor of Law, 2008
(806) 742-3990 x 317 Email: john.watts@ttu.edu |
Admitted to Practice in Virginia and Washington, DC
Upon graduation from law school, Professor Watts spent a year as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Following his clerkship, he spent eight years in private practice in Norfolk, Virginia, as a civil litigator in the areas of personal injury, product liability and False Claims Act, qui tam, "Whistleblower" litigation. Prior to joining the faculty of Texas Tech School of Law, Professor Watts was on the faculty of Barry University's Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law in Orlando, Florida.
Professor Watts teaches Torts, Evidence, Products Liability, Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure and The Laws and Ethics of War.
Prior to attending college, Professor Watts served four years in the United States Marine Corps and had the honor of guarding President Ronald Reagan at Camp David.
Professor Watts was the Student Bar Associations 1L Professor of the Year for 2011-2012. He was also named the 1L Professor of the Year by the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity of Texas Tech University School of Law for 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
Degrees
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1996
B.A., University of Maryland, 1992
Courses
Torts, Evidence, Products Liability, Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, The Laws of War
Selected Publications and Presentations
Fairness and Utility in Products Liability: Balancing Individual Rights and Social Welfare, 39 Flo. St. U. L. Rev. (Forthcoming 2011)
"Fairness and Utility in Products Liability," Southern Methodist University School of Law, Faculty Forum, September 9, 2009, Dallas, TX.
Differences Without Distinctions: Boyle's Government Contractor Defense Fails to Recognize the Critical Differences Between Civilian and Military Plaintiffs and Between Military and Non-Military Procurement, 60 Okla. L. Rev. 647 (Winter 2007).
To Tell the Truth: A Qui Tam Action for Perjury in a Civil Proceeding is Necessary to Protect the Integrity of the Civil Judicial System, 79 Temple L. Rev. 773 (2006).