About Nathaniel R
Nathaniel R Ogle built his legal foundation at the Appalachian School of Law, where he earned his J.D. in 2013 after completing a B.A. in Philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2010. He arrived at law school with an interest in courtroom practice and appellate writing, a path that would shape the early years of his career.
His first legal positions were practical and hands-on. While still in law school he worked as a law clerk for the Tennessee Sixth District Attorney General’s Office in 2011 and served as a teaching assistant in appellate advocacy at Appalachian School of Law in 2012. Those roles gave him exposure to trial preparation, legal research, and the mechanics of appellate briefing.
After receiving his law degree in 2013, he opened a solo practice under his own name. That same year he handled matters as a lawyer at law, then moved into public service in 2014 as an Assistant District Lawyer for the Sixth Judicial District of Tennessee. The district-level work placed him inside courtrooms and case dockets, where he gained experience on both procedural and substantive points of criminal practice.
He returned to private practice in later years and by 2022 was listed as a lawyer at Burks & Ogle - Lawyers at Law. His career shows a steady movement between public and private roles, and between courtroom roles and more research-oriented positions. Along the way he has maintained ties to academic instruction and courtroom procedure through earlier teaching work.
Ogle holds memberships in several professional associations, including the Federalist Society and the American Inns of Court's Hamilton Burnett Chapter. He is active in local legal organizations, such as the Knoxville Bar Association and the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Outside the courtroom he has taken on community roles, serving on the United Way of Greater Knoxville’s grant committee beginning in 2022 and joining the YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley Associate Council in 2023.
Peers and clients see him as a practitioner who understands both sides of criminal practice; his resume includes prosecutorial experience as well as defense-oriented professional affiliations. He draws on appellate training from his law school years and on courtroom work from his district attorney’s office tenure.
He currently practices at Burks & Ogle - Lawyers at Law, where his work centers on criminal matters and court advocacy in Tennessee.
