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Peter Lawson is executive vice president general counsel and secretary for Motorola a position he assumed in 1998. In this role he manages Motorola's law department including the intellectual property section transactions section litigation section and the law sections of the Motorola sectors. He is secretary to the Board of Directors of Motorola and also manages the Office of Ethics and Business Compliance.
Prior to assuming his current position he was senior vice president general counsel and secretary from 1996 to1998; senior vice president and assistant general counsel from 1994 to1996; corporate vice president and assistant general counsel from 1987 to1994; vice president and general attorney from 1985 to1987; and associate general attorney from 1980 to1984.
Prior to joining Motorola in 1980 Lawson was senior attorney for Baxter International Inc. from 1978 to 1980. Earlier he was an associate with Sullivan & Cromwell New York from 1972 to1978.
Lawson holds a J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law and an A.B. degree from Dartmouth College.
Lawson is a member of the Illinois State Bar (1979) New York State Bar (1972) Association of General Counsel CLO (Chief Legal Officer) Roundtable North Shore General Counsel Association American Bar Association American Corporate Counsel Association and American Society of Corporate Secretaries. | 