Thomas O Lawson

Position: Of Counsel
Office Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Areas of Practice: Municipal Law
Insurance Defense
Land Use and Zoning
Civil Litigation
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    Thomas O. Lawson is a long-time resident of Fairfax, Virginia and graduated from Fairfax High School. He was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1959 and has served on the governing body of the Virginia State Bar. He was also admitted into the Georgia State Bar in 2004. He has served as the Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for Fairfax County, and as a substitute District Court Judge.

    Mr. Lawson's practice focuses on municipal law, insurance defense, employment law, planning, land use, and zoning. He has successfully represented clients in these areas in the Virginia Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He currently serves as counsel for the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority.

    Mr. Lawson additionally serves as a Neutral Case Evaluator and a Commissioner in Chancery for the Fairfax County Circuit Court. He also serves as a director in several corporations, and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Fairfax Symphony for fifteen years and served as its president from 1996-98.
Litigation: 50% of practice is devoted to litigation

Admitted: Virginia, 1959
Georgia, 2004
U.S. Supreme Court, 1963
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1964
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1962
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Education:

Columbia University, University of Virginia
J.D., 1959

Georgetown University
L.L.M., 1973

Washington & Lee University
BA, cum laude, 1956
Affiliations:

Fairfax (Secretary, 1963-1964), Virginia, Georgia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, State Bar Council, 1978-1985; Chairman, Litigation Section 1987-1988); Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys; Local Government Attorneys of Virginia.

Phi Alpha Delta, Lecturer, Virginia CLE Program, Fairfax Bar Association and Lorman Business Center, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Fairfax County, 1960-1963. Commissioner in Chancery, 1961-present. Substitute District Court Judge, 1965-1974. Neutral Case Evaluator, Fairfax County Circuit Court. National Arbitration Forum, Member of the Forum's Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, President, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, 1996-1998.

Born: January 24, 1934, Glendale, California, United States of America