Background
Lawlor was born in New York City on September 17, 1854, the son of Patrick and Eliza Maher Lawlor.
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Education
He was educated in New York and moved to California in 1877.
Career
He lived at 545 Powell Street, San Francisco. Lawlor studied law in the office of Rhodes and Barstow in San Francisco, California and was named judge of the Superior Court in that county in 1900. Lawlor dismissed indictments in the San Francisco trolley bribery cases against Patrick Calhoun, Tirey L. Ford, Thornwell Mullally, and William M. Abbott, officials of the United Railroads.
Membership
A Democrat, he was a member of the Bohemian Club and The Family club, as well as one of the five co-founders of The Commonwealth Club.
