Commercial litigator with established track record for resolving high-stakes disputes involving complex commercial litigation, business torts, executive compensation, equity conflicts, shareholder and derivative actions, employment matters, and corporate governance contests.

Clients rely on Lawson to lead strategy on their most sensitive matters—a testament to his ability to engineer seismic outcomes with speed and scale. Recently, Lawson delivered a massive win for a PE client, renegotiating an additional $98,000 in compensation on top of the original 13 week severance offer (valued at $43K) resulting in a final package of  $141k plus 100% carried interest. In a separate matter, Lawson secured a $50K severance payment from Avant Gardner’s Brooklyn Mirage 7 days after a client was terminated without severance. 

Lawson graduated from St. John’s University School of Law in 2016 where he served as Managing Director of the Moot Court Honor Society and was a two-time National Quarterfinalist and Finalist at the Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition (2013-2014). After graduation, Lawson joined the international law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP before clerking for the Hon. Andrea Masley, in the New York State Supreme Court, Commercial Division.

At the Commercial Division, Lawson managed dozens of complex commercial cases, including conferencing discovery disputes and drafting substantive decisions involving shareholder derivative actions, employment litigation, zoning-lot mergers, among others.