MICHAEL T. LAWSON

       Mike Lawson joined the Firm in March 2004 to practice civil litigation, commercial litigation, corporate law and real property law. He is admitted to practice in the State of Florida.

         Prior to his legal career, Mike was a specialist in the area of nuclear and biological weapons proliferation. As a defense contractor, he was a research specialist for the Department of Energy’s Export Controls Division in 1993. From 1994 to 1999, Mike served as the operations officer for the then newly created “Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention” in the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation Division. In that capacity, he helped create the program and was instrumental in implementing and monitoring over 450 commercial development projects at former biological and nuclear weapons facilities in the former Soviet Union. From 1999 to 2000 Mr. Lawson was an Associate at Booz, Allen & Hamilton specializing in National Security, Commercial Nuclear Energy and Russian Commercial development.

         A graduate of Choctawhatchee High School in Okaloosa County, Mike earned a J.D. from the College of William and Mary; an M.A. in War Studies from King’s College, University of London; and a B.A. in International Studies from the University of West Florida. At William and Mary, he was elected to the Order of Barristers. Mike has also studied at University College, Dublin; the University of Oslo; Klagenfurt University, Austria; and the College of William and Mary in Madrid, Spain. He was awarded the Mary Bell Washington Irish Studies scholarship and the Book Award for Legal History. He has also participated in fellowships at the USAF War College and the Royal United Services Institute in London.

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