Ready for Trial with Dana McLendon

Sharon Guffee is the Juvenile Court Judge in Williamson County, Tennessee. Judge Guffee served 8 years in juvenile services as Child Support Magistrate and Juvenile Magistrate before being elected Juv…

Brittany Barnett is a lawyer who left a lucrative private practice in corporate law to fight for justice. In this episode, she tells how her own family experience guided her and how she ultimately kn…

Abby Rubenfeld is a legend. She's been on the front line for equal rights for decades. In this episode, we discuss how Abby "got her quill" and how the fight for equal rights for women is far from ov…

Josh Windham is a lawyer with the Institute for Justice. Josh is currently the lead counsel for a case involving the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency ("TWRA") and the TWRA's practice of entering p…

Kevin Sharp is a lawyer in Nashville who resigned as a federal judge to work on criminal justice reform. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the strange and terrible tragedy that is the story o…

Judge Sharp is the Managing Partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp’s Nashville office, which opened in the spring of 2017. He joined Sanford Heisler Sharp after serving as a judge on the U.S. District Cour…

Tony Turnbow is a lawyer practicing in Franklin, Tennessee. He is the author of "Hardened to Hickory," the story of Andrew Jackson's first experience as a military commander. In this episode, we disc…

Joe Baugh is a lawyer in Franklin, Tennessee. He began practicing in the mid-1970s and served as the District Attorney for sixteen years before returning to private practice. In this episode we discu…

Robbie Beal is a former public defender, prosecutor, juvenile referee, Circuit Court Judge, and Chancellor and is now a lawyer in private practice with a significant practice as a mediator in family …

Caitlin Moon is a professor at Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville, Tennessee. Cat teaches primarily in the areas of technology and innovation in the practice of law. In this episode, we tackle how th…

Kendall White is a lawyer practicing primarily in criminal defense throughout Middle Tennessee. In this episode, we talk about difficult clients, the erosion of your right against unreasonable search…

Dina Shabayek prosecuted some of the worst cases in Nashville for many years, then became a defense lawyer and decided in the end to run a yoga studio. This daughter of first generation Egyptian immi…

David Raybin is one of the most influential and effective trial lawyers in Tennessee. He began practicing in 1973 and has had a profound effect on the lives of countless people. In this episode he di…

You have a choice. Do you want to go to ball games, recitals, graduations and weddings with or without drama? Do you want your child's childhood memories to be about your drama or their achievements?

Matt Milligan is a lawyer who now serves as the Director of the Institute for Conflict Management at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. In this episode, Matt brings an academic perspective …

Sunny Eaton is a lawyer with a diverse practice in Nashville, Tennessee. Sunny represents people charged with crimes but also has a growing intellectual property practice. Sunny has a truly unique st…

Joey Fuson is a lawyer at Freeman & Fuson in Nashville, Tennessee. Since 2006, Joey has represented people charged with crimes all over Middle Tennessee and has developed a cutting edge practice in t…

Ready for Trial is a podcast hosted by Dana McLendon, a lawyer based in Franklin, Tennessee since 1993.

Judge Justin Angel is a circuit judge in Tennessee's 12th Judicial District. He presides over criminal and civil cases in six counties. Judge Angel was elected in 2014 at age 32, making him one of th…

You won't spend long with Amanda Gentry before you conclude she loves what she does and she's good at it. When I contacted Amanda to see if she was interested in being a guest, she said, "F@#$ yes!" …