Linda M. Watson
Linda Watson is Chief Growth Officer at Clark Hill and an equity member. Linda is responsible for developing and driving the firm’s strategy and aligning talent across the firm’s geography for the purpose of accelerating organic growth across practice areas, industry teams, offices, and key relationships. A member of Clark Hill’s executive leadership, Linda identifies key platforms to drive revenue growth. She also leads programs designed to retain and develop talent and to engage and elevate the client experience. These programs include, among others, the firm-wide adoption of AI tools, skills and ethics and the development of high-performing and dynamic teams to produce quality products, drive results and create continuity and trust with clients. Linda works closely with firm management and lawyers to develop and execute the firm’s growth strategy.
Education
Recognitions
Recognized as a Notable Litigator & Trial Attorney by Crain’s Detroit (2025)
Named 2024 Top Lawyer by DBusiness
Named 2024 Top 50 Women Lawyers by Super Lawyers
Recognized as a Notable Leader in DEI by Crain’s Detroit in 2023
Named among The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation by Best Lawyers (2020-2026)
Named among Michigan Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters (2006-2007, 2013-2025)
Named a Leading Lawyer in Birmingham by Leading Lawyers℠ (2017-2022, 2024-2025)
Selected by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as a Michigan Go To Lawyer for Business (2023)
Selected by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as an Influential Women in the Law (2022)
Memberships
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
Oakland County Bar Association
State Bar Licenses
Court Admissions
- Represented a world class manufacturer of advanced automation and control systems in successfully obtaining injunctive relief to protect and enjoin the use of highly confidential and proprietary data and trade secrets.
- Represented an emerging technologies company in a dispute involving the breach of a supply agreement and assisted in securing a multi-million-dollar settlement.
- Served as lead trial counsel in a breach of warranty case on behalf of a company engaged in the production and development of thermal interface materials and automated applications and after a week-long jury trial in federal court obtained a significant damages award against the defendant.
- Awarded a temporary restraining order on behalf of a technology driven manufacturer in a lawsuit involving the ownership of specialized tooling prevented the collapse of an on- demand supply chain.
- Served as a member of a small trial team that successfully protected a patent involving a fuel hose from infringement and a patent challenge obtaining a judgment that upheld the patent as a narrow improvement in a crowded art.
- Defended a shareholder dispute involving a closely held automotive supplier and obtained summary dismissal of all the complaint while winning a favorable money judgment on a counterclaim at trial.