Member Profile: John Dewey Watson

	John Dewey Watson ADR Inc. 1501 North University Avenue Little Rock, AR 72207 Tel: (501) 376-2121 Fax: (501) 376-2122 Website: www.mediateadr.com	View Printable Resume GoogleMaps for this Location

ADR Services Include:

Mediation; Arbitration

Admiralty Agricultural Anti-Trust Appellate Automotive Aviation Banking & Finance Civil Rights Class Actions Commercial/Business Construction Contract Disputes Debt/Foreclosure Eminent Domain Employment

Energy Sector (Oil, Gas) Engineering Environmental Family Businesses Franchise Health Care Industrial Insurance Intellectual Property Legal Malpractice Local Government Medical Malpractice Mining Nursing Homes Partnerships

Personal Injury Premises Liability Product Liability Professional Liability Professional Malpractice Professional Negligence Real Estate Securities Torts Transportation Utilities Workers' Compensation Wrongful Death

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.

EDUCATION:

• Ouachita Baptist University (BA-1963);
• University of Arkansas (JD-1970).

Memberships & Affiliations

• Association for Conflict Resolution;
• American Bar Association (ADR Section; Forum Committee on Construction Industry; Litigation Section);
• Arkansas Bar Association (Secretary, 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

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