U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters announced this week that the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Dawn Ison to be the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan with bipartisan support.
Ison is the first African American woman to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.“Dawn Ison’s confirmation is great news for Michigan. I’m confident in her ability to serve the people of Michigan, and I know she will continue her excellent work as U.S. attorney,” said Stabenow.“I’m pleased the Senate unanimously confirmed Dawn Ison to be the next U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan,” said Peters. “Dawn is highly qualified and well-prepared – particularly given her previous work in the U.S. Attorney’s Office – and is breaking barriers as the first African American woman to be confirmed to this position. I’m confident Dawn will represent Michiganders well.”On Nov. 12, President Biden nominated Ison to serve as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District.Ison is an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, where she has served since 2002. From 2010 to 2014, Ison served as the chief of the Drug Enforcement Task Force Unit of the office. From 1990 to 2002, she was an attorney in private practice where she focused on criminal matters as well as a range of civil matters.
Ison served as a prehearing attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals from 1989 to 1990. She received her law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 1989 and her B.A. from Spelman College in 1986.The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has jurisdiction over federal criminal and civil cases in Michigan’s eastern Lower Peninsul.
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