Hampton Watson

Hampton Watson is an Associate at Sanford Heisler Sharp.

Since beginning his career, Hampton has concentrated his practice on employment law, executive advocacy, and litigation on behalf of employees. His practice at Sanford Heisler Sharp includes representation of individuals in discrimination, retaliation, wage-and-hour, and executive advocacy matters, as well as class-action litigation on behalf of employees who participate in 401(k) plans.

Hampton’s successes include second-chairing a trial at his previous firm where he helped achieve a $24.03 million verdict in his client’s favor, the second-largest verdict in Massachusetts history in an individual employment discrimination case.

Hampton received his law degree with honors, Order of the Coif, from the Emory University School of Law in 2017, and his undergraduate degree from Yale University in 2012. While at Emory, Hampton served as Director of the Emory Law School Supreme Court Advocacy Program (ELSSCAP) and as an Articles Editor for the Emory Law Journal.

A member of the Maryland, Massachusetts, and Georgia bars, Hampton co-authored commentary on decisions of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination for the Massachusetts Discrimination Law Reporter from 2019-2022, and moderated CLE programs for the Boston Bar Association on whistleblower retaliation law and wage-and-hour law.

From 2017-2019, Hampton clerked for the Honorable Justin S. Anand, U.S. Magistrate Judge, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In that role, he helped manage a docket that included a large volume of employment discrimination and retaliation cases.

After his clerkship, Hampton served as an associate at Hartley Michon Robb Hannon LLP in Boston for four years. He joined Sanford Heisler Sharp in the Fall of 2023 after moving to Baltimore.

When Hampton is not lawyering, he enjoys biking, jogging, and playing soccer.