Education and Early Career
Dickey, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1957; after attending Hendrix College, he got his B.A. (1961) and his J.D. (1963) from the University of Arkansas. He began his career in law in private practice, and later served as city attorney of Pine Bluff from 1968 to 1970.
In 1988 then-Governor Bill Clinton appointed Dickey as a special justice for a case before the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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