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Robert Toombs Dawson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Senior status since August 14, 2009.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- November 7, 1997
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 18, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 26, 1998
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- April 2, 1998
- Commissioned
- April 7, 1998
- Senior status
- Since August 14, 2009
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1938, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army, 1961-1962
- Arkansas National Guard, 1962-1965
- Private practice, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1965-1998
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