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.
Born in El Dorado, Arkansas, Dawson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arkansas in 1960.
[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.
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.
He assumed senior status on August 14, 2009.