Academy Member Inducted 2011
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- Practice Commenced1990
- # of MEDS (as of 21/11/24)420
- # of ARBS (as of 21/11/24)120
Biographical
Dewey Watson practiced law for thirty-nine years with Arkansas' largest firm, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, as a trial lawyer. Currently, he is a full-time mediator with ADR, Inc. Throughout his career as a trial lawyer, he tried a wide variety of cases before juries, judges, and arbitrators throughout the State of Arkansas. He is a bronze star recipient for service in Vietnam and a retired Colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
Since 1990, Dewey has had extensive training as a mediator and has mediated cases concerning medical malpractice, automobile accidents, premises liability, property disputes, commercial construction, residential construction, franchise rights, and domestic relations. Dewey is committed to the peaceful resolution of disputes through principled negotiation. If negotiation fails, he believes that arbitration is a fair, confidential, speedy, and economical forum for final resolution of disputes.
Case Experience
- Admiralty
- Agricultural
- Anti-Trust
- Appellate
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Banking & Finance
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Community Associations
- Construction
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
- Engineering
- Environmental
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Industrial
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Medical Malpractice
- Military
- Mining
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Public Policy
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Securities
- Sexual Harassment
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Trademarks/Patents
- Transportation
- Trusts / Estates
- Unfair Competition
- Utilities
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Ouachita Baptist University (BA-1963);
- University of Arkansas (JD-1970).
Memberships & Affiliations
- Association for Conflict Resolution;
- American Bar Association (ADR Section; Forum on Construction Industry; Litigation Section);
- Arkansas Bar Association (Past Chair, ADR Section; Past Chair, Construction Law Section);
- Arkansas Bar Foundation;
- Advisory Board, Institute for Transnational Arbitration of The Center for American and International Law;
- Pulaski County Bar Association;
- Henry Woods Inn of Court, Past Group Leader
Rates Information
Hourly rate: $300.00 per hour. Expenses: Reimbursement of actual expenses including Federal mileage rate.