Position: Chief Judge

TEL: 334-954-3760

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Website: www.uscourts.gov

Admitted: Alabama, 1973

Law School: Auburn University, B.S., 1973

College: University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1976

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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Federal Criminal Law, Government Law, Constitutional Law

Additional Information: Honorable Chief District Judge W. Keith Watkins was appointed by President George W. Bush to a vacancy in the Middle District of Alabama on December 27, 2005, and was elevated to Chief District Judge on May 18, 2011. A native of Troy, Alabama, Judge Watkins practiced law in Tuscaloosa for two years and in Troy for 28 years, with a broad general practice. He is a graduate of Auburn University and The University of Alabama School of Law. Among other positions in the bar, Judge Watkins is a Fellow in the Alabama Law Foundation and served as the Bar Commissioner for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit and as a member of the Alabama State Bar Task Force for Alternative Dispute Resolution. He served as the mediator in over 200 civil cases in state and federal courts in Alabama and Georgia prior to taking the bench. Judge Watkins and his wife Teresa have two grown children and four grandchildren.

Firm Members: Myron Thompson

Firm Members: Myron Thompson