Patrick Frogge

Patrick Frogge was elected as the Executive Director of the Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference in June 2016 and re-elected in 2020 and 2024. ‍ Mr. Frogge previously worked in private practice from 2005 – 2016 as the principal and founding member of Bell, Tennent & Frogge law firm. Prior to his private practice work, Mr. Frogge served as an Assistant Public Defender in the Nashville Davidson County Public Defenders Office from 2001 – 2005; and as a Law Clerk to Honorable Jerry L. Smith, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals from 1999 – 2001. Mr. Frogge has served as a past board member and secretary of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (TACD) where he was recipient of TACDL’s Robert Ritchie Service Award in 2009; CJA Panel Lawyer of the Year 2013; a member of the Nashville Bar Association (NBA) where he was named a fellow in 2011, member of the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA), and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). Patrick has served as a board member of Dismas House and remains actively involved at Room in the Inn. Mr. Frogge attended the University of Tennessee; received his Bachelor of Art’s degree from Tennessee State University in 1995 and graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 1999 where he was a Stein Scholar in Public Interest Law and Ethics. He is married and has 2 children and several ill-behaved rescue animals.