TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 18, 2022

The Administrative Office of the Courts yesterday announced that Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Norma McGee Ogle will retire at the end of June. Ogle was appointed to the court by then Gov. Don Sundquist in 1998. It was a career move that wasn’t on her radar even though her husband Rex Henry Ogle was serving as a circuit court judge, the AOC relates. Prior to joining the court, Ogle was in private practice in Sevierville. She earned her law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1977. Reflecting on her time on the bench, Ogle says she has loved the work, has had wonderful colleagues and has never stopped learning. Looking to the future, she hopes to see more women on the bench. “We’ve come so far, but we’re still ... a very small minority on the intermediate courts. My hope is that in the future we’ll see more women apply.”