Shyanne Riddle
About
Shyanne Riddle joined May McKinney PLLC in 2017 as the firm’s first associate, and she is now the managing partner. She is licensed to practice in the state of Tennessee and Federal Court, and the majority of her practice focuses on trial advocacy in state courts across Middle Tennessee.
Shyanne has extensive training and education in providing trauma-responsive direct services, and she dedicates most of her pro bono hours to representing people who are incarcerated as a result of an experience with trafficking.
She is a graduate of both the Trial Lawyers College, where she was elected class co-president in September 2021, and the TACDL Trial College. She currently serves on the alumni board of her region for the Trial Lawyers College, and she is a Life Member and Board Member of TACDL.
Education
J.D. Nashville School of Law. Nashville, TN. 2015
Licenses
- Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
Memberships
- Nashville Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Tennessee Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- DUI Defense Lawyers Association
- Trial Lawyers College
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- National College for DUI Defense
Associations
- Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Board Member 2023 – present
- F-Warriors, a Trial Lawyers College Alumni Association, Board Member 2021 – present
- Nashville School of Law, Moot Court, Volunteer Attorney Coach 2021
- Tennessee Bar Association, Well-Being Committee 2019 - 2022
- Tennessee Immigration and Refugee Rights Coalition, Organizational Member, Volunteer Attorney, 2018 – 2019
- Habitat for Humanity Pro Bono Wills Clinic, Attorney 2017 - 2018
- Habitat for Humanity Pro Bono Wills Clinic, Student 2014 - 2016
- The Sexual Assault Center, 2015 - 2016
- The Next Door at Freedom Recovery Center, Art for the Heart, 2013
- Boy’s and Girl’s Club of America, 2012