Death of Bob Watkins (8/12/19)

Robert ("Bob") Stephens Watkins passed was on 7/12/19.  His obituary is here.  The excerpt from the obituary related to the Tax Division is:

Graduating first in his class from American University Law School in 1970, Bob joined the Tax Division through the Attorney General's Honor Program. After several years of outstanding work, Bob was transferred to be a Reviewer in what is now the Court of Federal Claims section. In addition to his supervisory work, Bob handled a series of complicated and important cases involving industry-wide issues common in the major steel companies. In 1985, Bob became an Assistant Chief in Civil Trial Western and in 1995, the Chief of Civil Trial Central. Upon the retirement of Civil Trial Western Chief Jerry Fridkin in 2002,Bob returned to Western Chief of that section. 

During his tenure in the Tax Division, Bob has supervised three trial attorneys who went on to become Civil Trial Section Chiefs.

Other information is in the obituary.