Susan Hawk | |
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District Attorney of Dallas County, Texas | |
In office 2015 – September 6, 2016 [1] | |
Preceded by | Craig Watkins |
Succeeded by | Faith Johnson |
Personal details | |
Born | Susan Lynn McWithey c. 1970 United States |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) |
Bryan P. Reese
(
m. 1997;
ann. 1997)P. Michael Hawk
(
m. 1999;
div. 2004)John Geiser
(
m. 2012;
div. 2015) |
Education | Lamar High School |
Alma mater |
Texas Tech University, 1992 Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, 1995 |
Susan Hawk (born Susan Lynn McWithey) is an American attorney. She was the Dallas County District Attorney, elected as a Republican in 2014, [2] [3] [4] until her resignation on October 1, 2016. [5] [6] [7] Her opponent was Democrat Craig Watkins. [8] She is the first female district attorney elected in Dallas. [9] [10] [11] She was previously a state criminal district judge for nine years. [12]
Raised in Arlington, Texas, Hawk attended Lamar High School, and graduated from Texas Tech University in 1992 and from Texas Wesleyan University Law School in Fort Worth in 1995. [12] [13] [14] [15]
She is a Republican attorney. [16] Prior to being district attorney (DA), she was a Texas District 291 court judge from 2002 to 2013. [16] [17] [18]
Susan Hawk resigned on September 6, 2016, two years before her term expired. In a statement she said "I believe our office is making a difference and I want to continue to do good work. But last fall upon returning from treatment, I made a commitment to step away from the office if I felt I could no longer do my job and, unfortunately, I've reached that point as my health needs my full attention in the coming months". [19] [20] [21]
Hawk has been married three times. She married Bryan P. Reese, a lawyer, in 1997 at age 27 and that marriage was annulled five months later. [12] [22] [23] In 1999, she married her second husband, Phillip Michael Hawk (known as Michael Hawk), also a lawyer. [12] [24] She divorced Michael Hawk four years later when she was 33 years old. [12] [14] Her third husband, John Geiser, an anesthesiologist, whom she married in 2012, filed for divorce from her in January 2015. [14] [16]
Susan Hawk | |
---|---|
District Attorney of Dallas County, Texas | |
In office 2015 – September 6, 2016 [1] | |
Preceded by | Craig Watkins |
Succeeded by | Faith Johnson |
Personal details | |
Born | Susan Lynn McWithey c. 1970 United States |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) |
Bryan P. Reese
(
m. 1997;
ann. 1997)P. Michael Hawk
(
m. 1999;
div. 2004)John Geiser
(
m. 2012;
div. 2015) |
Education | Lamar High School |
Alma mater |
Texas Tech University, 1992 Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, 1995 |
Susan Hawk (born Susan Lynn McWithey) is an American attorney. She was the Dallas County District Attorney, elected as a Republican in 2014, [2] [3] [4] until her resignation on October 1, 2016. [5] [6] [7] Her opponent was Democrat Craig Watkins. [8] She is the first female district attorney elected in Dallas. [9] [10] [11] She was previously a state criminal district judge for nine years. [12]
Raised in Arlington, Texas, Hawk attended Lamar High School, and graduated from Texas Tech University in 1992 and from Texas Wesleyan University Law School in Fort Worth in 1995. [12] [13] [14] [15]
She is a Republican attorney. [16] Prior to being district attorney (DA), she was a Texas District 291 court judge from 2002 to 2013. [16] [17] [18]
Susan Hawk resigned on September 6, 2016, two years before her term expired. In a statement she said "I believe our office is making a difference and I want to continue to do good work. But last fall upon returning from treatment, I made a commitment to step away from the office if I felt I could no longer do my job and, unfortunately, I've reached that point as my health needs my full attention in the coming months". [19] [20] [21]
Hawk has been married three times. She married Bryan P. Reese, a lawyer, in 1997 at age 27 and that marriage was annulled five months later. [12] [22] [23] In 1999, she married her second husband, Phillip Michael Hawk (known as Michael Hawk), also a lawyer. [12] [24] She divorced Michael Hawk four years later when she was 33 years old. [12] [14] Her third husband, John Geiser, an anesthesiologist, whom she married in 2012, filed for divorce from her in January 2015. [14] [16]