Melinda Rigsby was sworn in Monday as a new magistrate at Davidson County Juvenile Court, filling the position that created by the appointment of Sophia Brown Crawford as judge.
Rigsby is a 1977 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, where she earned her bachelor of science degree in psychology as well as her teaching certification. Upon completion of a JD at the Nashville School of Law in 1995, she began a legal career with the District Attorney General in Nashville. She has worked as an assistant DA since 1995 at Juvenile Court and later General Sessions Courts.