William T. Lawrence (judge)

This article is about the Federal Judge. For the United States Representative, see William T. Lawrence.

William T. Lawrence (born 1947) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lawrence received a B.S. from Indiana University in 1970 and a J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1973. He was in private practice in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1973 to 1997. He was a Public defender, Marion County Superior Court, Indiana from 1974 to 1983. Master commissioner, Marion County Circuit Court, Indiana, 1983-1997. He was a Presiding judge, Marion County Circuit Court, Indiana from 1997 to 2002. He was a U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 2002–2008.

Lawrence is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Lawrence was nominated by President George W. Bush on February 14, 2008, to a seat vacated by John Daniel Tinder. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 26, 2008, and received his commission on June 30, 2008.

Sources

William T. Lawrence at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by John Daniel Tinder	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana 2008–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

C. Illinois	Shadid Myerscough Darrow Bruce

N. Illinois	Castillo Norgle Pallmeyer Kennelly Darrah St. Eve Der-Yeghiayan Kendall Kapala Darrow Dow Feinerman Coleman Chang Lee Tharp Durkin Ellis Wood Shah Alonso Blakey 1 seat vacant

S. Illinois	Reagan Herndon Rosenstengel Yandle

N. Indiana	Simon Springmann Van Bokkelen DeGuilio 1 seat vacant

S. Indiana	Magnus-Stinson Young Lawrence Pratt 1 seat vacant

E. Wisconsin	Griesbach Stadtmueller Adelman Pepper 1 seat vacant

W. Wisconsin	Conley Peterson

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