Faculty Profile: David Watkins III

David Watkins IIIAssistant Post-Conviction Defender at Office of the Post-Conviction Defender
Previous Courses Taught (2)
  • Criminal Law 2020: Best Practices in Post-conviction Proceedings
  • Criminal Law Forum 2020
Biography

David Watkins is an attorney with the Tennessee Office of the Post-Conviction Defender. As an Assistant Post-Conviction Defender, he represents death-sentenced individuals in their post-conviction proceedings, error coram nobis proceedings, and related appeals. Watkins is a graduate of the University of North Carolina (B.A.) and the University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D.). He is a member of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Tennessee Bar Association, and the Nashville Bar Association.