Dawn N. Ison

Dawn Ison
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 21, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byMatthew J. Schneider
Personal details
Born
Dawn Noelle Ison

1963 (age 61–62)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
EducationSpelman 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.

Education

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]

Career

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]

United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Questionnaire for Non-Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Egan, Paul. "Biden administration nominates new U.S. attorneys in Detroit, Grand Rapids". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "President Biden Announces First U.S. Marshal Nominees and Eight New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". The White House. November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  4. ^ Snell, Robert. "Candidates emerge to replace Schneider as U.S. attorney in Detroit". The Detroit News. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  5. ^ Burke, Melissa Nann (December 14, 2021). "Senate confirms Dawn Ison to be U.S. attorney for Detroit". The Detroit News.
  6. ^ "Dawn N. Ison Sworn In As United States Attorney" (Press release). Detroit: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.