The Speaks Law Firm proudly serves people throughout eastern North Carolina, including Wilmington, Fayetteville, Jacksonville, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Bolivia, Burgaw, Whiteville, Lumberton, Leland, Shallote, New Hanover County, Pender County, Brunswick County, Columbus County, and Robeson County.
About
Jeffrey B. Watson earned his B.A. degree in Communications on the Dean’s List from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, while being the Team Captain on the UNC Greensboro college basketball team, and being selected to represent the United States playing national and professional teams in multiple different countries. He earned his M.A. degree in Public Policy with honors from Regent University in Virginia, where he published a thesis on Medical Savings Accounts which was requested by Congress for study, interned in the Virginia Department of Public Safety, wrote speeches for Virginia Governor George Allen and Public Safety Secretary Jerry Kilgore, and co-wrote prison reform and environmental clean-up legislation which was later passed into law in Virginia. Mr. Watson also earned his J.D. degree from Campbell University, where he won a variety of national awards for his trial and appellate advocacy skills, including being a member of the Order of Old Kivett, National Moot Court team, and Campbell Law Observer.
Mr. Watson started his personal injury career as a Senior Claims Adjuster for Integon Insurance. After graduate and law school, he began his law practice as an insurance defense trial attorney. For over 27 years, Mr. Watson has been a personal injury and corporate litigation attorney, including running his own law firm for over 15 years before coming to the Speaks Law Firm.
Mr. Watson is licensed in all State and Federal court in North Carolina, and has been a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the Forsyth County Bar Association, the Mecklenburg County Bar Association, the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the New Hanover County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the League of Credit Union Attorneys. He has served on the governing Boards of the Triad Hispanic Counsel, Forsyth County Family Coalition, Forgiven Ministries, Salem Pregnancy Support, Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, and the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, TN.
Mr. Watson has been married to his wife Lori for over 35 years, and has 3 adult sons.
Mr. Watson was inducted into the prestigious Million Dollar Advocates Forum and exclusive Multi-Million Advocates Forum for verdicts/settlements obtained. Mr. Watson was also selected and recognized by his peers in 2021 as a member of the National Top 100 Civil Plaintiff’s Trial Attorneys and in 2024 was further elected by his peers into the nationally recognized Best Lawyers Association for Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Attorneys.