Gary R. Wade was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court on May 30, 2006, by Governor Phil Bredesen and assumed office on September 1, 2006. Wade became chief justice on September 1, 2012. He was succeeded as chief justice by Justice Sharon Lee after his two-year term ended on August 31, 2014. Wade was retained by Tennessee's voters in 2008 and 2014. He retired from the court on September 8, 2015. His term would have expired in 2022. Justice Wade was succeeded on the bench by Justice Roger A. Page.
