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Kent J. Dawson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Senior status since July 9, 2012.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- April 6, 2000
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 27, 2000
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 11, 2000
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 24, 2000
- Commissioned
- May 31, 2000
- Senior status
- Since July 9, 2012
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1944, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. James Guinan, Nevada District Court, Washoe County, 1971-1972
- Assistant city attorney, Henderson, Nevada, 1972-1973
- City attorney, Henderson, Nevada, 1973-1979
- General counsel, Public Improvement Trust, Henderson, Nevada, 1973-1995
- City manager, Henderson, Nevada, 1977
- Private practice, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1979-1995
- Judge pro tem, Henderson [Nevada] Municipal Court, 1993-1995
- Justice of the peace, Henderson [Nevada] Justice Court, 1995-2000
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