Mikal C. Watts

Mikal C. Watts is the founder of Watts Law Firm LLP and focuses on mass tort and personal injury litigation involving catastrophic injuries, product liability, toxic exposures, defective drugs and medical products, and large-scale disasters. He has represented more than 200,000 clients and has served in leadership positions in multidistrict litigation nationwide. Watts helps individuals and communities pursue claims against major corporations while managing complex cases involving extensive evidence, multiple plaintiffs, and significant damages.

Watts earned a Bachelor of Arts with high honors from the University of Texas and later received his law degree from the same university. His education provided a foundation in legal analysis, trial advocacy, and complex litigation. He is board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, reflecting substantial experience in serious injury and trial matters and supporting his work in large-scale product liability and mass tort disputes.

Watts has held court-appointed leadership positions in litigation involving Zantac, Pradaxa, opioids, Juul, 3M combat earplugs, wildfire claims, and other mass torts. He represented more than 16,000 victims of Northern California wildfires and participated in the litigation that produced a $13.5 billion Fire Victims Trust. His profile also reports more than $1.6 billion in trial verdicts and arbitration awards and more than $7 billion in settlement recoveries for clients.

Mikal C. Watts is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates and the American Board of Trial Advocates and holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He has also served in leadership roles with the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and Attorneys Information Exchange Group. Watts combines decades of trial experience with national mass tort leadership, helping injured clients navigate complex litigation involving corporate negligence, defective products, environmental disasters, and other catastrophic losses.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founder, Watts Law Firm LLP
• Member, Inner Circle of Advocates
• Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Personal Injury
• Inducted, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• Member of Board of Directors, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Committee
• Member of Board of Directors, Attorneys Information Exchange Group
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Arkansas Bar Association

Licensed State

• Texas
• Arkansas
• Oregon

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Texas
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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