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David M. Lawson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Senior status since August 6, 2021.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- August 5, 1999
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 23, 2000
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 12, 2000
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 24, 2000
- Commissioned
- June 2, 2000
- Senior status
- Since August 6, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1951, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. James Ryan, Michigan Supreme Court, 1976-1977
- Private practice, 1977-1994
- Special assistant attorney general and special prosecutor, one-man grand jury, Oakland County, Michigan, 1978-1980
- Special prosecutor, Livingston County, Michigan, 1991-1993
- Private practice, Birmingham, Michigan, 1994-2000
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