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.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Indiana Southern District Court · 2008–
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
- Indiana Circuit Court, Nineteenth Judicial CircuitPresiding judge · 1997–2002
- Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana1973–1997
- Indiana Circuit Court, Nineteenth Judicial CircuitMaster commissioner · 1983–1997
- Marion County [Indiana] Superior CourtPublic defender · 1974–1983
Appointments
2008–2018 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- Indiana University School of Law -- Indianapolis (now McKinney School of Law)J.D. · 1973
- Indiana UniversityB.S. · 1970