Dean graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Surgery in 1970. He attended Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America, earning his Juris Doctor in 1975, followed by a Master of Laws in Taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1985.
He was appointed to be a Special Trial Judge on August 7, 1994. Dean has the distinction of being the first African-American judicial officer appointed to the court. Adjunct Professor of Law, Howard University, 1999 to present.
Vice Chair, Judicial Counsel of the Washington Bar Association, 2002-2003.
Dean was appointed as a Special Trial Judge, United States Tax Court, on August 7, 1994.
