Robert P. Watkins
Esquire


Areas of Experience

Medical malpractice, personal injury, general commercial, and employment including class action race, gender, and age discrimination matters.   

Credentials

• Associate, Partner and Of Counsel, Williams & Connolly, LLP, (1972-Current).
• Presidential Appointee and Former Member, DC Control Board.
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
• Former Member, Board of Governors, DC Bar. 
• Named one of DC’s Top Lawyers by Washingtonian magazine (2004). 
• Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia.
• Former Trial Attorney, Federal Maritime Commission.
• Former Trial Attorney, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice.
• Former Law Clerk, Hon. William B. Bryant, US District Court for DC.
• Vice Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Washington.
• Former Member, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.  
• Cambridge University, Diploma in Criminology
  Columbia University School of Law, J.D.
  Harvard College, A.B.