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Peter M. Watson joined Westport Properties, Inc. and US Storage Centers (together with “USSC”) in 2015. Mr. Watson is General Counsel, Secretary, and Vice President for USSC, and oversees USSC’s legal transactional, corporate maintenance, risk mitigation, and litigation departments. Mr. Watson graduated from the University of Southern California in 2004 and has been licensed to practice law in the State of California since graduating from Whittier Law School with Magna Cum Laude Honors in 2008. Along with his legal oversight responsibilities, Mr. Watson is involved with a corporate strategy for USSC. Prior to joining USSC, Mr. Watson was employed as an Associate Attorney with Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP, where he primarily focused on commercial real estate transactions and real property/general business litigation. Mr. Watson currently serves on the Board of Directors of the California Self Storage Association (“CSSA”), is the Chairman of the CSSA’s Legal & Legislative Committee, and is a member of NAIOP’s General Counsel Forum.