Shyanne Riddle Protecting Your Rights and Your Future
Representing Good People through Tough Times
Shyanne Riddle is a Nashville native, sort of. She grew up on the county line between Davidson and Sumner counties. She’s the only person in her family to attend law school. While working closely with a death penalty lawyer before law school, he encouraged her to attend Nashville School of Law. While in law school, she interned and volunteered with a non-profit organization that specialized in providing legal services to survivors of human trafficking. Shyanne graduated from Nashville School of Law in 2015 with a J.D. She practiced in Sumner and Robertson County exclusively until joining May McKinney.
Shyanne joined May McKinney PLLC in 2017. While at May McKinney, she continued her work with survivors of trafficking, focusing on learning about trauma and how it impacts our brains and decision-making abilities. She 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. So many trials begin with the government talking about the “choices” someone made. Shyanne shifts the focus from the things a person may have done to what might have happened in their life that brought them here.
In 2020 she began taking on a leadership role in the firm and eventually became managing partner in 2023. She focuses on trial work and team-centered advocacy for clients. She is licensed to practice in the State of Tennessee and Federal Court.
Shyanne is a graduate of the Trial Lawyers College and elected class co-president in September 2021. She served on the F-Warrior board as a representative for her class, and again as a representative for her region. Shyanne was invited to join the faculty at the college in 2025.
Shyanne understands the significance of community for trial lawyers. She is a life member and board member of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She graduated from the TACDL trial college and is the committee chair for the TACDL publication, For the Defense.
Shyanne has the privilege of being on a team with one of her mentors, Rob McKinney, and her friend, Savannah Edmonds. Savannah and Shyanne are dedicated to a routine of Pilates and Jiu Jitsu.