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Robert T. Dawson

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Robert Toombs Dawson
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Assumed office
August 14, 2009
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
In office
April 7, 1998 – August 14, 2009
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byHugh Franklin Waters
Succeeded byPaul K. Holmes III
Personal details
Born
Robert Toombs Dawson

(1938-08-01) August 1, 1938 (age 86)
El Dorado, Arkansas, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Arkansas (BA), LLB)

Robert Toombs Dawson (born August 1, 1938) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

Education and career

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Born in El Dorado, Arkansas, Dawson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arkansas in 1960.[1] He was in the United States Army from 1961 to 1962 and became a first lieutenant in artillery, and in the Arkansas National Guard from 1962 to 1965, where was also a first lieutenant.[1] He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1965, and was thereafter in private practice in Fort Smith, Arkansas until 1998.

Federal judicial service

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On November 7, 1997, Dawson was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas vacated by Hugh Franklin Waters. Dawson was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 2, 1998, and received his commission on April 7, 1998. He assumed senior status on August 14, 2009.

References

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  1. ^ a b Official Army National Guard Register, The Secretary of the Army, Department of the Army, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C., January 1, 1965, page 216.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
1998–2009
Succeeded by