By: Donald V. Watkins February 21, 2024 Thirty-nine years ago, three Black lawyers achieved something in Montgomery, Alabama that had...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on December 9, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Hunter Biden is represented in his federal...

By Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on April 6, 2018; Republished on October 19, 2023 Former Talladega, Alabama police...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 4, 2023 An Editorial Opinion On March 18, 2023, The Tuscaloosa News...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on June 10, 2023 An Editorial Opinion The man who taught me exceptional trial skills as a...

This article features three men who had the courage to break down the color barrier in Alabama's public schools at a time when their lives and safety were threatened for doing so. Each man was a superstar in the profession. Each one was my client. And, each one made me a better person and lawyer. These men are Harvest Mitchell, Jr., in Florence, Alabama, Charles L. Carter in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Walker Alexander in Attalla, Alabama.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on July 17, 2022 Photo of 93-year-old U.S. Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit, Gerald Bard Tjoflat, an intellectual racist. An Editorial Opinion People of interracial goodwill often ask me to help them understand how systemic racism works in Alabama. I will use my own case to breakdown a real-life example of systemic racism within the criminal justice system. I chose this example because the business

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said, "Don't let anybody take your manhood." Watkins men live by that creed.

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 15, 2019 The fair administration of justice requires an appeal in my case. On March 8, 2019, a federal jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicted me on all ten counts of conspiracy, bank fraud, and wire fraud charges following a three-week trial. The jury also convicted my son, Donald, Jr., of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud. Our sentencing is scheduled for July 16, 2019. In the aftermath of these convictions, my fami

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 9, 2019 Yesterday, a federal jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicted me on all ten...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 29, 2019 Brigadier General Royal Hatch was a retired Air Force officer. A...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 3, 2019 From September 25 through October 9, 2002, I headed a three-person...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 15, 2018 A lot of people have asked me about the bogus wire and bank fraud charges federal prosecutors in Birmingham, Alabama brought against my son, Donald V. Watkins, Jr., and me last month. I have discussed these charges in several recent articles. There is some irony in the fact that this case will likely represent a “bookend” to a very fulfilling and exciting 45-year legal career. It comes at a time when I was

By: Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 2, 2018 The courageous Limestone County, Alabama Circuit Court judge who set...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 30, 2018 Yesterday’s indictment of my son and me on federal fraud charges...

By: Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 28, 2018 Every day, police officers across America don the uniform, leave...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on October 19, 2018 On November 13, 1979, I was sworn-in to a four-year term as the...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on August 12, 2018 Clarence Norris was one of nine "Scottsboro Boys" who were arrested in...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on June 20, 2018 I am not a dog owner, but a lot of my friends are. Until recently, I did...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 3, 2018 Yesterday, President Donald Trump said out loud what many insiders have...