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# Jess H. Dickinson

Mississippi Supreme Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
- State: Mississippi
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Mississippi Supreme Court, 2004-present
- In July 2020, Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph appointed Dickinson as a special judge to assist Hinds County Court due to COVID‐19–related case backlogs

### Education

- University of Mississippi School of Law in — J.D. (1982)
- Mississippi State University in — B.S. (1978)
- Mississippi State University — B.A.

### Additional information

- Retired from that role in early 2020
- Practitioner, 2003-2003
- Born March 25, 1947, in Charleston, Mississippi.
- Date of birth: 1947-01-01
- After retiring from the court, Dickinson became Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services.
- Practiced law in Jackson and Gulfport; held the role of a Forrest Circuit Court Judge before joining the Supreme Court
- Jess Hays Dickinson is a retired Mississippi judge known for his long tenure on the state’s highest court and later service in child protection and special judicial appointments
- Charter member of the Mississippi Access to Justice Commission
- Birth place: Charleston

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic media coverage

Scope: statewide

Mississippi allows electronic media coverage of public judicial proceedings in appellate and trial courts of record, subject to the rules and presiding judge control.

Evidence excerpt: Electronic media coverage of public judicial proceedings shall be allowed in the appellate and trial courts of record in this state subject to the conditions below.

[Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### presiding judge discretion

Scope: statewide

The presiding Mississippi justice or judge may limit or terminate electronic coverage when necessary to protect rights, witnesses, dignity of the court, or orderly proceedings.

Evidence excerpt: The presiding justice or judge has the discretion to limit or terminate electronic coverage at any time during the proceedings

[Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### advance notice for media

Scope: statewide

Mississippi media representatives must provide advance notice for electronic or photographic coverage under the court rules.

Evidence excerpt: Rule 5 ... requires that media representatives give at least 48 hours

[Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4870/jess-h-dickinson/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4870/jess-h-dickinson/)
- [Mississippi Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4870/jess-h-dickinson/)
- [Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4870/jess-h-dickinson/)
- [Jess Dickinson](https://ballotpedia.org/Jess_Dickinson)
- [Wikidata: Jess H. Dickinson](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16115080)

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