Jess Hays Dickinson (born March 25, 1947) is the former Presiding Justice of the
Supreme Court of Mississippi
The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the highest court in the state of Mississippi. It was established in the first constitution of the state following its admission as a State of the Union in 1817 and was known as the High Court of Errors and Appe ...
.
Biography
Early life
Jess Hays Dickinson was born in
Charleston, Mississippi
Charleston is a city in north central Mississippi and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County, which is located on both sides of the Tallahatchie River. This city is located east of the river and its population was 2,193 at the 2010 ce ...
. His mother was Laura Augusta Hays (1920–2008). He has a brother, Leonard Lee Dickinson III.
He earned a Bachelor's degree from
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Unive ...
in 1978, and a Juris Doctor from the
University of Mississippi School of Law
The University of Mississippi School of Law, also known as Ole Miss Law, is an ABA-accredited law school located on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. The School of Law offers the only dedicated aerospace law curr ...
in 1982.
Career
He practiced law in
Jackson
Jackson may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name
Places
Australia
* Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson North, Qu ...
and
Gulfport before serving as a Forrest Circuit Court Judge. He joined the Supreme Court in January 2004. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty of both
William Carey College
William Carey University (also known as Carey, William Carey, or WCU) is a Private university, private Christianity, Christian university in Mississippi, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Mississippi Baptist Convention. T ...
and the
Mississippi College School of Law
Mississippi College School of Law is an American Bar Association accredited law school. MC Law is one of only two law schools in the state of Mississippi, and is the only law school in the capital city of Jackson, Mississippi. The school is a prof ...
, as well as serving on two committees for the Mississippi Bar. Dickinson is a charter member of the Mississippi Access to Justice Commission.
Personal life
He is married and has four sons.
Dickinson is an accomplished musician and skilled in over 30 instruments, and he is currently a member of the local Mississippi bluegrass and folk band "Bluegrass Appeal."
See also
*
List of justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
Following is a list of justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
These justices served in three different iterations of the court.Dunbar Roland, ed., ''The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi'', Volume 1 (1904), p. ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dickinson, Jess H.
Living people
1947 births
Mississippi State University alumni
University of Mississippi alumni
Justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court
Mississippi College School of Law faculty
People from Charleston, Mississippi