Dickson (born July 18, 1941) is an Indiana attorney.
He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana from January 6, 1986 to April 29, 2016, and was Chief Justice of the Court from 2012 to 2014.
He retired from the Indiana Supreme Court on April 29, 2016.Born in Hobart, Indiana, Dickson is a graduate of Purdue University (B.S.
1964), and the Robert H.
McKinney School of Law (J.D.
1968), where he attended the evening division while working full-time as an insurance claims adjuster.
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 Prentice W.
Dixon.
The appointment began January 6, 1986, and he was retained by election in 1988.