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Donald Neal Lamson, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, is the son of Paul Henry Lamson and Shirley Millar Lamson. He is married to Bernadette Fowler Lamson and has two sons: Clifford Dalton Lamson and Samuel Locke Lamson.  Mr. Lamson attended Milton Academy, was graduated from Harvard College, cum laude in General Studies, and received his J. D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a Councilor of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Mr. Lamson is an expert in the law of bank regulation.  He first practiced at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the regulator of national banks. Beginning as a litigator in federal district courts and courts of appeals around the country, Donald went on to specialize in the corporate, securities, trust, and derivatives activities of banks. He then joined a Wall Street law firm, Sherman & Sterling as a partner, where he advised large domestic and foreign banks and foreign central banks concerning financial services regulation. He later joined Squire Patton Boggs as Counsel.  He has published numerous opinion pieces, articles, and chapters in financial treatises concerning financial regulation. 

Memberships

  • Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts

  • Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion

  • Baronial Order of Magna Charta (Chancellor)

  • Colonial Order of the Acorn

  • General Society of Colonial Wars (Past Chancellor, DC Society)

  • General Society of Mayflower Descendants (Past Governor, DC Society)

  • General Society of the War of 1812 (Past President, DC Society)

  • General Society Sons of the Revolution (Past President, DC Society)

  • Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors

  • Hereditary Order of the Families of Presidents and First Ladies of America (Founder)

  • Huguenot Society of America

  • National Society Americans of Royal Descent

  • One Hundred Living Descendants of Blood Royal

  • Order of Americans of Armorial History

  • Order of Indian Wars of the United States

  • Order of the Crown in America (First Vice President General)

  • Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America

  • Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (Attorney General; past Governor, DC Society)

  • Society of the Cincinnati (Member, Standing Committee, NH Society)

  • Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy

  • Son of a Witch