Hampton Watson
Hampton is an experienced litigator who advocates for his clients with intellectual rigor, strategic expertise, professionalism, and a client-centered approach.
Phone: 617-447-2809
Email: hwatson@hmrhlaw.com
Vcard: Hampton M. Watson
Hampton represents clients in all stages of the litigation process, including pre-suit dispute resolution, mediation, administrative proceedings, pretrial litigation, trial and arbitration hearings, post-trial litigation, and appeals. He advises clients in a variety of matters including discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation claims, whistleblower retaliation claims, employment agreements, change-in control and other compensation agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation issues, non-payment of wages and Wage Act claims, trade secret disputes, and breach of fiduciary duty issues. Hampton’s experience includes representing individuals in complex disputes with seven- and eight-figure damages both pre-suit and in litigation, mediation, and arbitration.
Hampton earned his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D. from the Emory University School of Law, with honors, Order of the Coif. Prior to beginning his law practice, Hampton served for two years as a law clerk for U.S. Magistrate Judge Justin S. Anand in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Hampton then practiced with the firm for four years, rejoining the firm in 2025 after a two-year stint at a national civil rights and employment-law firm in Baltimore and Washington, DC. Hampton is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Georgia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, and is a member of the bar of multiple federal courts, including the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Massachusetts and Maryland and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
