Roger Hugh Lawson Jr. (September 23, 1941 – March 29, 2024) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Hugh Lawson
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Born 1941 in Hawkinsville, GA
Died 2024
FJC ID: 1355
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year
Georgia Middle District Court · 1995–2024
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Superior Court of Georgia, Oconee Judicial CircuitJudge · 1979–1995
- Private practice, Hawkinsville, Georgia1965–1979
Appointments
1995–2024 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1964- Emory UniversityB.A. · 1963