In this article, Donald V. Watkins shares his personal and business goals for 2026.

MAGA World views outspoken, well-educated, and articulate person of color as pet hamsters.  They are comfortable watching these hamsters spin the wheel inside of a their cages.  They will even feed these pets and marvel at their ability to spin the wheel – as long as these hamsters are confined to the cage. MAGA views me as the hamster that escaped the cage.  As such, I am no longer an entertaining pet.  I am now viewed as an undesirable pest who is roaming freely inside the

I talk to Doristine Watkins Minott every day.  The public knows her as “Tina Minott.” In our family, we call her “Teannie.” She is two years older than me. She is also my youngest sister. We are extremely close.  This article is my tribute to her.

Capt. James Paul (U.S. Air Force, Retired) died today. He was one of my two best friends in Tuscaloosa, Alabama when George Jones and I desegregated our University of Alabama law school class from 1970 to 1973. Capt. Paul's Air Force officer's training helped us hold it all together under the most difficult of circumstances.  Because of Capt. Paul, all of us made it to the other side of midnight with our sanity intact, our heads held high, and our credentials in order.

The never-ending legal battles for justice in America continue, with no end in sight. These battles are just as cruel, ugly, and vicious as they were in the 1970s. This time, there are very few lawyers who are qualified, capable, and committed to fighting and winning them.

In high school, I wanted to become a residential architect. A book I read in college inspired me to become a lawyer, instead. I have experienced a rewarding legal career and an inspirational and energizing career in international business.  My career journey has been amazing, and the opportunity zones afforded to me have been fascinating.

No single person did more to minimize the adverse effects of generational white racism in Alabama's judicial system than Robert A. Martin. 

Meet the people who fueled my knowledge and blocked for me on the playing field of life. All of them were/are super smart people.

I asked ChatGPT a simple question about myself. The answer is fairly accurate. Read the question and AI-generated answer for yourself.

Ramus Rhodes was the janitor at the University of Alabama's law school. He was my friend, mentor, and real law school professor.

Charles Wallace was a Black pioneer in America's oil and gas industry. His planned oil refinery in Tuskegee was met with fierce racism.

Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mark Kennedy has died. Kennedy was one of the best judges in Alabama history.

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The guilty verdicts in Hunter Biden’s case confirmed for me that I made the right decision in firing Abbe Lowell in Richard Scrushy’s case.

My first legal case was my own.  It occurred while I was a second-year student at the University of Alabama’s School of Law.  

In August 2011, Nabirm Energy Services (Pty) Ltd. reimagined resource-rich Namibia and it is paying off today with its Oil Block 2113A.

Nabirm Energy Services (Pty) Ltd. (Windhoek, Namibia), is attending a prestigious oil and gas conference in Namibia for major oil companies.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 25, 2024 My departure from the Montgomery City Council in 1983 was hailed by...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 23, 2024 An Editorial Opinion On March 21, 2024, California-based U.S. District...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published (via Facebook) on November 9, 2014; Republished on March 12, 2024 Scottsboro Boy Clarence Norris (left) celebrated his pardon with Dr. Levi Watkins (right) in the President's office at Alabama State University on November 29, 1976. My father told me the story of the Scottsboro Boys when I was a young boy. I never forgot it. This was the case that motivated me to become a lawyer. My father was extremely proud that I was the att