Karen Lawson
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Karen Lawson is the presiding judge for the Lake County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division in Painesville, Ohio. Lawson was elected to the court on November 4, 2008, and took office on January 4, 2009, making history as the first women to serve as judge on the Lake County Juvenile Court bench.[1][2][3] Lawson was re-elected to the Lake County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division in 2014, winning a new term that expires on January 3, 2021.[4]
Elections
2014
See also: Ohio judicial elections, 2014
Lawson ran for re-election to the Lake County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division.
General: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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Education
Lawson received her B.A. in political science from Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and her J.D. from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1982.[1]
Career
Before becoming a judge, Lawson served as a magistrate for the Lake County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division. She has also served as a guardian ad litem, a Lake County public defender, a deputy attorney general for the Attorney General's Office in Cleveland, Ohio, and an assistant prosecutor for Lake County under county prosecutor Steven C. LaTourette.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lake County Juvenile Court, "Karen Lawson Biography"
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Official Website: Election Results, Court of Common Pleas," November 4, 2008
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Official Website: Judiciary Election Roster 2009-2010"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Ohio
- ↑ Lake County Board of Elections, "Primary Election - May 6, 2014, Candidate Filings," March 3, 2014
