Dawn Ison | |
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| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
| Assumed office December 21, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Matthew J. Schneider |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dawn Noelle Ison 1963 (age 61–62) Detroit,Michigan,U.S. |
| Education | Spelman College (BA) Wayne State University (JD) |
Dawn Noelle Ison (born 1963) [1] is an American lawyer who is the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Ison earned a Bachelor of Arts from Spelman College in 1986 and a Juris Doctor from the Wayne State University Law School in 1989. [2] [1]
In 1989 and 1990,Ison was a prehearing attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals. In 2002,Ison began serving as an assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. She also served as chief of the Drug Enforcement Task Force Unit. [3] [4]
On November 12,2021,President Biden nominated Ison to be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. [3] She was reported out favorably by the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 9,2021,and was confirmed by the Senate on December 14,2021. [5] She was sworn into office on December 21,2021. [6]
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