December 8, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
Margie Rigsby Miller, a Smithville attorney, has announced her candidacy for DeKalb County General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judge in the 2022 elections. She will be seeking the nomination of the DeKalb County Democratic Party in the Primary on May 3, 2022. The primary nominee will run in the County General Election in August 2022.
Miller’s formal announcement is as follows:
Ms. Miller was born and raised in the Jefferson Community of DeKalb County. She is the daughter of the late Jewell (Red) Rigsby and Margie Elizabeth Pascal Rigsby. Ms. Miller raised her three children, William Anthony Miller, Jason Lee Miller, and Christie Miller (deceased) in the Blue Springs Community. She raised her grandson, Ethan Beasley, after the death of her daughter, in the Keltonburg Community.
Ms. Miller graduated from DeKalb County High School in 1970. Twenty years later, she furthered her education and graduated from Belmont University where she obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration graduating with the highest of distinction as Summa Cum Laude. On June 7, 1997 she graduated from Nashville School of Law with a Doctor of Jurisprudence graduating in the top ten percent of her graduating class. In October 1997, Ms. Miller opened her first law office in Rutherford County, Murfreesboro, TN. Thereafter, her law office was located in Warren County, McMinnville, TN. Her law office is currently located in DeKalb County, Smithville, TN.
Miller has been in private practice for twenty-four (24) years and has had a broad and diverse practice of law. She has had years of experience in the General Sessions Court, Criminal Court, Juvenile Court, Circuit and Chancery Court and has had experience in the Tennessee Appellate Court. In addition, she is experienced and licensed to practice in both the Middle and Eastern District Federal Courts of Tennessee.