Anders J. Watson

Biography:

Anders Watson focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, including issues relating to restructuring and insolvency, professional liability, and insurance coverage.  He joined the firm after a two-year federal clerkship with The Honorable Jack B. Schmetterer, Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education:

University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2007
Honors:  University of Illinois Law Review, Associate Editor, 2005-07; Frederick Green Moot Court Competition, Best Brief & Best Overall, 2005; Legal Research & Writing, Honors, 2004.

Amherst College, B.A., with distinction,, 2002

Bar Associations:

Illinois (2007)

Professional Memberships:

American Bar Association
7th Circuit Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
Lawyers Club of Chicago
St. Ignatius College Prep Law Society

Publications:

Hon. Jack B. Schmetterer & Anders J. Watson, Procedures for Claims Trading in Chapter 11: Orderly System or Unregulated Wildcard, ABI 2008 Cent. Sts. Bankr. Workshop 225 (June 2008).