Jack Crozier Watson (born September 17, 1928) was a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1979 to 1996. Born in Jonesville, Louisiana, Watson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1949. The next year he joined the United States Air Force and served in the Philippines, Japan and Korea during the Korean War. He was discharged in 1954, and received a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University Law School in 1956. He practiced law in Lake Charles, Louisiana until 1960, when he became an assistant district attorney for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana from 1961–1964, then a judge for the Louisiana District Court for Parishes of Calcasieu and Cameron from 1964–1972. He then served on the 1st and 3rd Cir