Jack Watson (Presidential adviser)

Jack H. Watson Jr. ( born October 24, 1938 in El Paso, Texas) is an American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party).

Training

Jack Watson is Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1960. According to the basic studies, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, which he left as a Captain. After his military service he made 1966 his law degree at Harvard Law School.

Political career

Watson's political involvement began in 1966 as a consultant for the city of Atlanta in the area of ​​combating crime, as head of the Society for Psychical disorders of Atlanta, as the head of the Advisory Council for Alcohol Abuse of the State of Georgia as well as from 1972 to 1977 as Chief of the Personnel Division of Georgia. In 1976, Watson headed the Policy Planning Group Carter - Mondale and then was at the handover of the presidency of Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter head of the Transition Team.

Under Carter, he assumed duties as Advisor to the President in the area of ​​Intergovernmental Relations, cabinet secretary, and from 1980 to 1981 as chief of staff of the White House. The handover of the presidency of Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan was also directed by him. After his duties in the White House Watson worked 1986-2001 as a consultant to various governments as well as members of diplomatic missions.

Career as a lawyer

Watson began his professional career in 1966 as an attorney and partner (1972 ) at the law firm King & Spalding in Atlanta. From 1980 he was a senior partner of the law firm Long, Aldridge & Norman, also based in Atlanta. There he worked as a senior attorney for business law, managing director of the Litigation Department, and from 1993 to 1998 as head of the office of the law firm in Washington DC 1990 convened the Supreme Court of Georgia Watson Head of the Conciliation Commission, a post he held until 2000. From June 1998 to January 2000, he worked as a legal strategist at Monsanto.

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