William T. Lawrence

William T. Lawrence (born 1947) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Education and career Born in Indianapolis, Lawrence received a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1973. He was in private practice in Indianapolis from 1973 to 1997. He was a public defender within the Marion County Superior Court from 1974 to 1983. He was the master commissioner of the Marion County Circuit Court from 1983 to 1997. He was a presiding judge of the Marion County Circuit Court from 1997 to 2002. He was a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana from 2002 to 2008. Federal judicial service