Philip G. Watson

A magna cum laude graduate of Loyola University New Orleans in 2003, Philip received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Tulane University Law School in 2007. While a student at Tulane, Philip was a Managing Editor for the Tulane Environmental Law Journal, Student Attorney for the Juvenile Law Clinic, and member of the Tulane Inn of Court. Philip received an academic scholarship to attend Tulane and graduated in the top 25% of his class.

Areas of Practice
Products Liability, Construction Litigation, Insurance Defense, General Casualty Litigation, Class Action Procedure, Worker's Compensation.

Professional Affiliations
Federal Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association

Admitted to Practice in the State of Louisiana, the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Publications
Note, The Mass Action Provision of CAFA: Where Defendants Fear to Tread?, DRI’s “For The Defense” (April 2009)

Note, United States v. General Battery Corp.: The Third Circuit Applies Federal Common Law Rather Than State Law To Determine Successor Liability Under CERCLA, Despite Opposing Results in Other Circuits - But Are the Splitting Circuits Really Just Splitting Hairs?, 20 TUL. ENVTL. L.J. 219 (Winter 2006).

Recent Development, In re The Exxon Valdez, 20 TUL. ENVTL. L.J. 459 (Summer 2007)

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