Dawn N. Ison


Dawn Noelle Ison is an American lawyer who was the United States attorney for the United States District Court for the [Eastern District of Michigan|Eastern District of Michigan].

Education

Ison earned a Bachelor of Arts from Spelman College in 1986 and a Juris Doctor from the Wayne State University Law School in 1989.

Career

In 1989 and 1990, Ison was a prehearing attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals. In 2002, Ison began serving as an assistant [United States attorney] in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. She also served as chief of the Drug Enforcement Task Force Unit.

United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan

On November 12, 2021, President Biden nominated Ison to be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. She was reported out favorably by the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 9, 2021, and was confirmed by the Senate on December 14, 2021. She was sworn into office on December 21, 2021.
On January 19, 2025, Ison resigned.