Attorneys
Alexander Watson is a 16 year professional liability and business litigator with a wealth of expertise and experience in complex litigation in State and Federal Courts, with a focus and emphasis in medical malpractice defense, elder abuse litigation and health care litigation. Over the years, he has represented a variety of individual and corporate clients, including governmental entities, hospitals, manufacturers, individual physicians, police departments, group practices, insurance companies, and small and large businesses. He has litigated matters involving allegations of insurance bad faith, construction defects, products liability, breach of contract, multi-party business contract disputes, civil rights infringement/excessive force allegations, defamation claims, fraud, legal malpractice and as previously mentioned, claims of medical malpractice, elder and dependent adult abuse.
Alex is an accomplished trial lawyer, recently sharing six weeks of trial duties with Partner, Stephen Fraser, in obtaining a defense verdict in the highly publicized wrongful death trial brought by the family of late actor John Ritter. The demand in this case was a whopping $67 million.
Education
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, BA, 1987
Political Science, Cum Laude
Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1991
Juris Doctor, Dean's List, Law Review
California Court of Appeals
Crahan v. Huntington Memorial Hospital, (Second Appellate District) represented respondent; argued and briefed; summary judgment upheld; argued 1998; unpublished opinion;
Lewis v. Good Samaritan Hospital, (Second Appellate District) represented respondent; argued before Court of Appeals; summary judgment upheld argued 2008; unpublished opinion
Admission to Practice
All Courts of the State of California, 1991
United States District Court, Central District of California, 1991
Professional Organizations
Member, California State Bar
Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
Presentations and Publications
Huntington Memorial Hospital Grand Rounds:
Nursing Documentation and Litigation
Huntington Memorial Hospital Grand Rounds:
Obstetrical Issues and Litigation
Huntington Memorial Hospital Grand Rounds:
Perinatal Symposium
(With J.Acierno, M.D., J.D.) "Substance Abuse and Addiction in the Outpatient Setting": Preferred Physicians Insurance Company (PPIC) RisKey, Volume 10, Number 2, 2nd Quarter, 1998