Watkins & Watkins, P. C. v. Williams

Johnson, Chief Judge.

Rosa Belle Williams hired John D. Watkins and his law firm, Watkins & Watkins, P. C. (collectively “Watkins”) to handle a variety of legal matters from 1971 through 1997. On October 1, 1993, October 8, 1993, and December 1, 1993, Watkins asked Williams to loan him $30,000, most of which he said he needed in order to handle other clients’ cases. The loans were not committed to writing, although at trial Watkins admitted borrowing the money. Watkins told Williams he would repay her when the cases were settled and gave her shares of stock in the law firm as collateral. The…