L. James Lawson

Mr. L.
J.
Lawson is an Advisor at Riverlake Partners LLC.
In addition to his role at Riverlake, he also serves as Co-Chairman, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Lincoln International.
From 1990 to 1996, prior to co-founding Lincoln, Mr. Lawson helped establish the Chicago office of Peers & Co., an international mergers and acquisitions advisory firm formed in collaboration with the Long Term Credit Bank of Japan.
Prior to joining Peers & Co., he worked for PaineWebber's Corporate Finance Group in New York and Chicago, from 1981 to 1990.
Mr. Lawson began his career with KPMG in 1977 where he became a licensed CPA.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors and is a member of the audit committee of Bell Industries, Inc., a publicly-traded company.
In addition to his leadership responsibilities at Lincoln as well as active personal private investing, Mr. Lawson serves on the board of directors of Bell Industries.
He received his M.B.A from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, and a B.S., magna cum laude, from Washington and Lee University.