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Portrait of Noah P. Watson

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Noah P. Watson

Noah P. Watson served as the Deputy Solicitor General of Arkansas, and in various other positions at the Arkansas Attorney General’s office, where his practice involved high-profile appeals, complex constitutional and election litigation, and multistate amicus briefing. He has argued multiple cases before the Eighth Circuit, the Arkansas Supreme Court, and the Arkansas Court of Appeals, as well as before federal and Arkansas trial courts.

He clerked for the Honorable Lavenski R. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law and Harding University.

Clerkship

  • The Honorable Lavenski R. Smith, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Education

  • Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
  • Harding University

Government Service — Arkansas Attorney General’s Office

  • Deputy Solicitor General
  • Deputy Attorney General, Opinions and Freedom of Information Act Division
  • Senior Assistant Attorney General, Special Litigation Section

Professional Memberships

  • Arkansas Bar Association
  • Pulaski County Bar Association
  • Eighth Circuit Bar Association
  • Judge Henry Woods American Inn of Court

Publications

  • “Yes Harm, No Foul”: Recalibrating Qualified Immunity, 64 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 231 (2021)

Bar & Court Admissions

  • State of Arkansas
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eighth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits
  • U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas, and Northern District of Oklahoma