Los Angeles Superior (Long Beach)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2009; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2006-09; deputy public defender, 1987-06.
Law School: Howard University School of Law, 1986
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2009; commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2006-09; deputy public defender, 1987-06.
Law School: Howard University School of Law, 1986
By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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LONG BEACH - John C. Lawson II learned to love the Constitution by watching his father go to jail. The Rev. James Lawson, a civil rights leader and nonviolent civil disobedience guru, ended up behind bars countless times for instigating sit-ins from the Deep South to South Los Angeles. None of it was lost on his son.
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Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 3
LONG BEACH - John C. Lawson II learned to love the Constitution by watching his father go to jail. The Rev. James Lawson, a civil rights leader and nonviolent civil disobedience guru, ended up behind bars countless times for instigating sit-ins from the Deep South to South Los Angeles. None of it was lost on his son.
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