Brent Dickson
{{Short description|American judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Brent Dickson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|July 18, 1941}}
| birth_place = Hobart, Indiana, U.S.
| education = Purdue University (BS)
Indiana University (JD)
| office = Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
| termstart = 2012
| termend = 2014
| office2 = Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
| termstart2 = January 6, 1986
| termend2 = April 29, 2016
| predecessor2 = Dixon Prentice
| successor2 = Geoffrey G. Slaughter
| successor = Loretta Rush
}}
Brent Ellis Dickson{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica0000unse_f8j3/page/154/mode/2up|title=Who's Who in American Law, 2002-2003|year=2002|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|page=155}} (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.{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/06/11/indianas-chief-justice-stepping/10327951/|title=Indiana's chief justice stepping down|date=11 June 2014|work=Indianapolis Star|accessdate=27 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/2829.htm|title=Courts in the Classroom: Hon. Brent E. Dickson|work=in.gov|accessdate=27 August 2015|archive-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403230103/http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/2829.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wthr.com/story/25751761/brent-e-dickson-steps-down-as-chief-justice-of-indiana|title=Brent E. Dickson steps down as Chief Justice of Indiana|author=WTHR Channel 13|date=11 June 2014|work=WTHR|accessdate=27 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://wishtv.com/2015/05/13/indiana-supreme-court-reverses-judge-for-derogatory-remarks/|title=Indiana Supreme Court reverses judge for derogatory remarks|work=WISH-TV|accessdate=27 August 2015}} He retired from the Indiana Supreme Court on April 29, 2016.[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/4420.htm "Hon. Brent E. Dickson's Retirement Ceremony", courts.in.gov, April 29, 2016]
Early life and education
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. During law school, Dickson attended evening courses while working full-time as an insurance claims adjuster.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt, "[https://www.in.gov/judiciary/supreme/files/browning.pdf Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices]", Indiana Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced in [http://www.in.gov/judiciary/appeals/2405 Indiana Courts Justice Biographies page]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.
Career
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.
See also
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