Who is Thomas Dickey? All about the attorney representing UHC CEO suspected shooter Luigi Mangione

Thomas Dickey will represent Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the December 4 fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s outlet in Altoona, Pennsylvania on December 9 after a restaurant employee called 911 reporting a man who looked like the suspect.

Mangione faces five criminal charges in Pennsylvania and has pleaded not guilty. Additionally, he has been charged with second-degree murder, three counts of weapons possession, and one count of forgery in New York. He is being held at the Huntingdon State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania after being denied bail twice. Luigi is also fighting extradition to New York.

On Tuesday, his lead attorney Thomas Dickey who is a defense lawyer from Pennsylvania told reporters that he expects his client to continue pleading not guilty to all the charges in both states. He also claimed not having seen any “evidence” to support that Luigi Mangione was the “right guy” in relation to Brian Thompson’s murder, adding, the New York authorities will “need to convince me.”

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Everything to know about Luigi Mangione’s lead attorney, Thomas Dickey

Thomas M. Dickey, better known as Tom Dickey in legal circles, is a defense attorney based out of Altoona and is a resident of Blair County – both in Pennsylvania. He is the founding partner of Tom Dickey Law Offices.

As per his official website, he has practiced all kinds of law including criminal, civil, family, and others across over 50 counties of Pennsylvania and in federal court. Dickey attended Altoona High School before pursuing a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from St. Francis (College) University in Loretto, Pennsylvania.

He later obtained his law degree from Ohio Northern University and started his career at the Blair County Public Defender’s Office. In 1984, Dickey established his private practice.

He is a death-penalty-qualified as well as trial attorney with over four decades of experience, who has fought cases in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Thomas Dickey has a successful streak where he has acquitted clients in charges ranging from first-degree murder to DUIs.

“EVERYONE deserves to exercise the rights provided there! And my job is to make sure YOUR RIGHTS are upheld. You deserve the best representation and my associates and I are there for YOU,” Dickey swears by his own motto.

Notably, Thomas Dickey has appeared as a frequent guest commentator on legal matters on both local and national news channels, such as CNN.

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So far, Tom Dickey is representing Luigi Mangione as his lead defense attorney in Pennsylvania. However, he told CNN on Tuesday that there’s a “possibility” that he would represent his client in New York as well.

It remains undisclosed who hired Tom Dickey as Mangione’s lawyer. Meanwhile, the former told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday night, December 10, that his office received multiple emails from people offering to help pay for Luigi’s legal fees.

Dickey mentioned that while he hadn’t seen the emails “personally,” his staff was on the job. He added that he “probably wouldn’t” accept the offers, as it didn’t “sit right” with him, while also sharing how his client “appreciates the support.”

Outside of the Blair County Courthouse where he and his client were present on Tuesday for an extradition hearing, Thomas Dickey revealed how he planned to file a writ of habeas corpus to challenge his client’s bail refusal and detention.

In the same conversation, the defense lawyer also mentioned being “glad” for the “outpouring of support” for Luigi Mangione, who he claimed was “innocent” as per the American criminal justice system.