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.
He was appointed by Governor Robert D. Orr to replace retiring Indiana Supreme Court Justice Dixon Prentice.