Chuck Watts / Watts Law PLLC
Named Defendant · Special Counsel to Cyberlux · Former Greensboro City Attorney · 60M+ Shares
Chuck Watts is the principal of Watts Law PLLC and served as Special Counsel to Cyberlux Corporation while simultaneously holding the position of city attorney for Greensboro, North Carolina.
What this profile says up front
Chuck Watts is the principal of Watts Law PLLC and served as Special Counsel to ...
Chuck Watts is the principal of Watts Law PLLC and served as Special Counsel to Cyberlux Corporation while simultaneously holding the position of city attorney for Greensboro, North Carolina.
Version 2 of this profile incorporates material new information from the Cyberlux OTC annual filings: three share issuances to Watts totalling 60,384,615 shares between July and October 2021, all labeled as debt settlement for legal fees. These issuances place Watts as a Cyberlux equity holder during his concurrent public employment — a fact not previously addressed in any public filing reviewed for this brief.
Watts is a named defendant in Curtin v. Watts et al. Because that litigation is active, the findings below are drawn exclusively from publicly filed court documents, OTC regulatory filings, and HII's interpleader record. No characterisation of intent is made. The legal insulation doctrine applies with full force.
The findings below are limited to what the record establishes. The open questions section frames what the record does not resolve. This profile will be updated as the M.D.N.C. proceedings develop.
The numbers that frame the profile
Documented source record
Source table
| Date | Shares | $/share | Filed Basis | Restricted | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2021 | 5,000,000 | $0.01 | Debt Settlement Legal Fees | Yes | FY2022 Annual (as Charles D. Watts, JR) |
| July 21, 2021 | 5,384,615 | $0.01 | Debt Settlement Legal Fees | Yes | FY2022 Annual (same date as Ferrell ×2, SPA cohort) |
| October 8, 2021 | 50,000,000 | $0.01 | Debt Settlement | Yes | FY2022 Annual (same date as Ferrell, Siddiq, DeNicola, Saxena SPA tranches) |
| Total | 60,384,615 | $0.01 | Debt settlement · all restricted | Yes | — |
What the record establishes
OTC filing record: 60.4M shares in three tranches
Cyberlux Corporation's FY2022 OTC annual report records three share issuances to Charles D. Watts (or Charles D. Watts, JR): 5,000,000 shares on July 14, 2021 (debt settlement legal fees); 5,384,615 shares on July 21, 2021 (debt settlement legal fees); and 50,000,000 shares on October 8, 2021 (debt settlement). All three are restricted, all at $0.01 per share. Total: 60,384,615 shares. These are primary documents — Cyberlux's own regulatory filings.
Timing: issuances coincide with Operation Alpha SPA distribution dates
The July 21, 2021 Watts issuance (5,384,615 shares) occurs on the same date as the first coordinated SPA tranches to Ferrell (×2), Siddiq, DeNicola, McClintock, Udvig, Fulkerson, Coote, Corlew, Dawson, and Wynn. The October 8, 2021 Watts issuance (50,000,000 shares) occurs on the same date as the third SPA tranches to Ferrell, Siddiq, DeNicola, and Saxena. The coincidence of dates is documented in the OTC filing record; no inference about its significance is drawn.
Named defendant in M.D.N.C. active litigation
Chuck Watts and Watts Law PLLC are named defendants in Curtin v. Watts et al., Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-00782, pending in the Middle District of North Carolina. The complaint alleges intentional interference with business expectancy and economic relationships. These are allegations before a court, not adjudicated findings.
The dual role: public city attorney and Cyberlux equity holder
Watts held the position of Greensboro city attorney — a public role — while simultaneously serving as Special Counsel to Cyberlux and holding 60.4 million Cyberlux shares received as debt settlement for legal fees. Whether this equity stake was disclosed to the city council, and whether it created conflicts under North Carolina State Bar professional conduct rules, does not appear in any public filing.
HII's interpleader filing references Watts as Cyberlux's agent in intentional misconduct context
HII's motion for relief in interpleader (E.D. Va. Doc 0144, p.17) explicitly references the Curtin complaint's allegations that Cyberlux and 'its agent, Chuck Watts' engaged in 'intentional misconduct, negligence, or fraud' — language cited as the basis for HII seeking to recoup attorneys' fees under the subcontract indemnification clause.
Retirement timing relative to public coverage
Watts retired from his position as Greensboro city attorney effective immediately following publication of investigative coverage identifying his dual role as city attorney and Cyberlux Special Counsel.