Brent Dickson | |
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Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court | |
In office 2012–2014 | |
Succeeded by | Loretta Rush |
Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court | |
In office January 6, 1986 – April 29, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Dixon Prentice |
Succeeded by | Geoffrey G. Slaughter |
Personal details | |
Born | Hobart, Indiana, U.S. | July 18, 1941
Education | Purdue University (BS) Indiana University (JD) |
Brent Ellis Dickson[1] (born July 18, 1941) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 6, 1986 to April 29, 2016, and was chief justice of the Court from 2012 to 2014.[2][3][4][5] He retired from the Indiana Supreme Court on April 29, 2016.[6]
Born in Hobart, Indiana, Dickson earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University in 1964 and a Juris Doctor from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1968.[3] During law school, Dickson attended evening courses while working full-time as an insurance claims adjuster.[7]
He practiced law in Lafayette from 1968 to 1985 and became the senior partner in the law firm of Dickson, Reiling, Teder & Withered. He was appointed by Governor Robert D. Orr to replace retiring Indiana Supreme Court Justice Dixon Prentice. The appointment began January 6, 1986, and he was retained by election in 1988.[7]