Congressional Directory for the 111th Congress (2009-2010), December 2009.
[Pages 199-200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    MELVIN L. WATT, Democrat, of Charlotte, NC; born in Charlotte, 
August 26, 1945; education: graduated, York Road High School, Charlotte, 
1963; B.S., business adminisration, University of North Carolina, Chapel 
Hill, 1967; J.D., Yale University Law School, New Haven, CT, 1970; 
professional: attorney; admitted to the District of Columbia bar, 1970, 
admitted to the North Carolina bar, 1971; began practice with Chambers, 
Stein, Ferguson and Becton, 1971-92; North Carolina State Senate, 1985-
86; life member, NAACP; member, Mount Olive Presbyterian Church; past 
president, Mecklenburg County Bar Association, Johnson C. Smith 
University Board of Visitors; Central Piedmont Community College 
Foundation; North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers; North Carolina 
Association of Trial Lawyers; Legal Aid of Southern Piedmont; 
NationsBank Community Development Corporation; Charlotte Chamber of 
Commerce; Sports Action Council; Auditorium-Coliseum-Civic Center 
Authority; United Way; Mint Museum; Inroads, Inc.; Family Housing 
Services; Public Education Forum; Dilworth 
Community Development Association; Cities in Schools; West Charlotte 
Business Incubator; 
Housing Authority Scholarship Board; Morehead Scholarship Selection 
Committee, Forsyth 
Region; married: the former Eulada Paysour, 1968; children: Brian and 
Jason; committees: 
Financial Services; Judiciary; elected on November 3, 1992, to the 103rd 
Congress; reelected to each succeeding Congress.


                  Office Listings

                        http://www.house.gov/watt

2304 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 225-1510
 20515.................................................
  Chief of Staff.--Danielle Owen.                          FAX: 225-1512
1230 West Morehead Street, Suite 306, Charlotte, NC       (704) 344-9950
 28208.................................................
301 South Greene Street, Suite 210, Greensboro, NC        (336) 275-9950
 27401.................................................
  District Director.--Torre Jessup.


Counties: Cabarrus County (part). Davidson County (part). Cities and 
        townships: Lexington, and Thomasville. Forsyth County (part). 
        Cities and townships: Winston-Salem. Guilford County (part). 
        Cities and townships: High Point, Greensboro. Mecklenburg 
        County. Cities and townships: Charlotte. Rowan County. Cities: 
        Salisbury. Population (2000), 619,178.
ZIP Codes: 27010, 27012-13, 27019, 27040, 27045, 27051, 27054, 27101, 
        27103-07, 27110, 27127, 27214, 27260, 
        27262-63, 27265, 27282, 27284, 27292-95, 27299, 27310, 27320, 
        27351, 27360, 27401, 27403, 27405-11, 27534, 27803-04, 27893, 
        28023, 28027, 28035-36, 28039, 28078, 28081, 28115, 28123, 
        28125, 28134, 28144-47, 28159,

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        28202-17, 28219, 28221, 28224, 28226-28, 28230-37, 28240, 28242-
        43, 28254-56, 28258, 28260, 28262, 
        28265-66, 28269-70, 28272-73, 28275, 28278, 28280-82, 28284-85, 
        28289-90, 28296-97