Kent Dawson
American judge
Kent Joseph Dawson (born June 13, 1944) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Early life and education
Dawson was born in 1944 in Ogden, Utah, and attended Weber State College in Ogden on athletic and music scholarships, graduating in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Utah Law School in 1971, and served as a law clerk for James Guinan, a Nevada state court judge. Dawson served as the assistant city attorney for Henderson, Nevada from 1972 to 1973 and then as city attorney from 1973 to 1979. He served as general counsel of the Public Improvement Trust in Henderson from 1973 to 1995. He served as city manager of Henderson in 1977. He was in private practice in Las Vegas from 1979 to 1995. He served as a judge pro tem of the Henderson Municipal Court from 1993 to 1995. He served as a justice of the peace of the Henderson Justice Court from 1995 to 2000.
Federal judicial service
On April 6, 2000, Dawson was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
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