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DETROIT - Dawn Ison, a Detroit native, has officially been sworn in as the new U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Ison replaces Saima Mohsin, who has been serving as acting U.S. attorney since Matthew Schneider resigned earlier this year when President Biden took office. She is the first Black woman to hold the role.
"Much like our Vice President Kama-la Harris said, 'I might be the first, but I won't be the last,'" Ison said. "It is huge, but what I will say is there are so many qualified women before me who could have served in this role, but what they did was pave the way for me."
Ison graduated from Cass Tech High School and attended law school at Wayne State University. Her father was murdered...