A federal criminal investigation of Mikal Watts and his firm, Watts Guerra, has not yet reached a conclusion, even though Watts’ civil lawyer had predicted at a February federal court hearing that a conclusion would come by June.
Robert McDuff, a solo criminal defense lawyer from Jackson, Miss., represents Watts and his firm. McDuff wrote in an email to Texas Lawyer, “Our understanding is that the investigation is ongoing. At the conclusion, we hope that the U.S. attorney will agree with us that there is no basis for his office to take action with respect to Mikal’s work on the BP case. In the meantime, Mikal continues to discharge his obligations to his clients in various cases.”
