Robert Edward Varner

Robert Edward Varner (June 11, 1921 – May 17, 2006) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Education and career Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Varner received a Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University in 1942 and was a United States Naval Aviator Lieutenant (JG) during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1949. He was in private practice in Tuskegee, Alabama from 1949 to 1954. He was a member of the Macon County Board of Education from 1950 to 1954, serving as Chairman in 1954. He was also Tuskegee's city attorney in 1951. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Middle District of Alabama from 1954 to 1958, returning to private practice in Montgomery from 1958 to 1971. Federal judicial service