Hon. David Cawthon is a special judge for the Pottawatomie County District Court (District 23) in Oklahoma. He joined the bench in 2004.
Prior to beginning his judicial career, Cawthon was an associate in The West Law Firm since 1990.
He received a B.A. in political science from Benedictine College in 1983. Cawthon went on to complete a J.D. at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1987.
He was admitted to practice in Oklahoma (1987), the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (1987), Colorado (1995), and the United District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.