Ted Watts came to Meadville, Pennsylvania, in August of 1976 after serving six years in the United States Army as a legal officer. Ted joined John V. Pepicelli as an associate in the firm of Pepicelli and Pepicelli. In those early years Ted met Alan Pepicelli who was then an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh. Alan is the son of the late Vincent J. Pepicelli who had co-founded the law firm with John.