David M. Lawson
Judge, Person
1951 –
Who is David M. Lawson?
David M. Lawson is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Lawson graduated from Brother Rice High School in 1969. He received a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1973 and a J.D. from Wayne State University Law School in 1976. He was a law clerk for the Hon. James L. Ryan, Michigan Supreme Court from 1976 to 1977. He was in private practice from 1977 to 2000. While in private practice he worked for the law firms Lawson and Lawson, Liza Mulcahy, and Hill Lewis. During that time he also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General and Special Prosecutor for the Oakland County One-Man Grand Jury from 1978 to 1980 and as a Special Prosecuting Attorney for Livingston County from 1991 to 1993.
On August 5, 1999, Lawson was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan vacated by Avern Cohn. Lawson was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 24, 2000, and received his commission on June 2, 2000.
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