Commissioner Michele LAWSON
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Current Assignment:
Juvenile
Department Juvenile Court Durango Facility |
Department: JuvenileYear: 8/2023Location: Juvenile Court Durango Facility |
2022 - 2023: | Trial Attorney, Maricopa County Public Defender's Office |
2019 - 2022: | Capital Staff Attorney, Arizona Death Penalty Judicial Assistance Project |
2013 - 2019: | Capital Post-Conviction Attorney, Maricopa County Offices of Legal and Public Advocate |
2005 - 2013: | Capital Trial Attorney, Maricopa County Legal Defender's Office |
2000 - 2005: | Trial Attorney, Maricopa County Legal and Public Defender's Offices |
1999 - 2000: | Associate, Streich Lang, LLP, Phoenix |
1997 - 1999: | Trial Attorney, Maricopa County Public Defender's Office |
1995 - 1997: | Law Clerk, The Honorable Cecil Patterson, Arizona Court of Appeals |
1993 - 1994: | Legal Intern, The Honorable Stanley Sporkin, United States District Court, District of Columbia |
- Juris Doctorate, 1994, Howard University
- Bachelor of Art, 1991, Arizona State University