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.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Nevada District Court · 2000–2012
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Henderson [Nevada] Justice CourtJustice of the peace · 1995–2000
- Public Improvement Trust, Henderson, NevadaGeneral counsel · 1973–1995
- Private practice, Las Vegas, Nevada1979–1995
- Henderson [Nevada] Municipal CourtJudge pro tem · 1993–1995
- Henderson, NevadaCity attorney · 1973–1979
- Henderson, NevadaCity manager · 1977
- Henderson, NevadaAssistant city attorney · 1972–1973
Law clerk , Hon. James Guinan · 1971–1972
Appointments
- 2000–2012 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law)J.D. · 1971
- Weber State CollegeB.S. · 1969