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james l. graham akron , ohio 200px judge southern district of ohio of the united states district court for the 1956 september 10 , 2004 george w. bush michael watson district judge.jpg michael h. watson
 michael harrison watson ohio of law -lrb- j.d. -rrb- state university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- capital university school
michael h. watson

michael harrison watson -lrb- born 1956 -rrb- is a united states federal judge from ohio .
watson was born in akron , ohio .
he received his bachelor of arts from ohio state university in 1983 and his j.d. from capital university school of law in 1987 .
he was a member of the united states air force from 1975 to 1978 and was in the ohio air national guard from 1978 to 1984 .
watson was a bailiff/law clerk of the franklin county court of common pleas from 1983 to 1988 .
he was in private practice in ohio from 1988 to 1991 and was chief legal counsel of the ohio department of commerce from 1991 to 1992 .
he was a deputy chief legal counsel in the office of the governor of ohio from 1992 to 1994 and was chief legal counsel from 1994 to 1995 .
watson was a judge to the franklin county court of common pleas from 1996 to 2003 .
he was a judge to the tenth district ohio court of appeal from 2003 to 2004 .
president george w. bush nominated watson to the united states district court for the southern district of ohio on april 6 , 2004 , to the seat vacated by james l. graham .
confirmed by the senate on september 7 , 2004 , he received commission three days later .
