Michael J. Watson
Associate
360 Haddon Avenue, Westmont, NJ 08108
Tel: 856-854-8900 / Fax: 856-858-4967
mwatson@brownconnery.com
Labor and Employment / Litigation / Government Litigation
Michael Watson is an associate with the firm and concentrates his practice in labor and employment matters and commercial litigation. Mr. Watson also represents public sector clients in negotiations and employee discipline matters before the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission and the Civil Service Commission. Mr. Watson serves as the solicitor of several public entities and is a member of the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys.
While in Law School, Mr. Watson served on the Executive Board of the Law Journal as Internet Editor.
Mr. Watson previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Francis J. Orlando, Assignment Judge, New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division, Camden County, New Jersey.
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education
University of Maryland (B.A., 2002)
Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2008)
admissions
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
professional affiliations
American Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Camden County Bar Association
New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys
American Health Lawyers Association; Labor and Employment Interest Group
recognition
New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Star (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)*
publications
“Carnage on Our Nation’s Highways: A Proposal for Applying the Statutor Scheme of Megan’s Law to Drunk-Driving Legislation,” 39 Rutgers L.J. 453 (2008)
“Hospital Participation in ACOs and the Impact on Employed Physician Agreements,” ABA Health eSource; December 2011 Special Edition.