David Ridings

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FORMER METRO POLICE OFFICER & PROSECUTOR

Experience: 25 years

Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, DUI & DWI and Juvenile Law

Police Academy Top Academic Average Award, Police Academy Top Physical Fitness Award and Police Academy John R. Cunningham Award

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David G. Ridings, Nashville DUI Attorney

Former Metro Nashville Police Officer David Ridings is simply Nashville's BEST choice for your DUI Defense.

While his practice is 100% Criminal Defense, most of that is DUI defense. And rightfully so. Nashville DUI Attorney David Ridings has experience like no other Criminal Defense Lawyer around. He has experience on every side of the criminal justice system. (i.e. Police, Prosecution, Drug Enforcement, Probation and Parole, and now... Defense). He has a long history of service in law enforcement. He has served as a police officer for over 10 years at, both, Metro Nashville and Murfreesboro City Police Departments.

After leaving the Metro Nashville Police Department, David served at the Nashville District Attorney's Office in an internship learning the inner workings of the prosecutors office. Following that, he opened his Criminal Defense practice in the heart of Nashville and uses those skills he learned as a police officer and prosecutor to defend YOU.

Since 1998 David has maintained a practice in the Nashville and Middle Tennessee area which focuses exclusively on Criminal Defense and mainly DUI Law. He has successfully negotiated and/or tried hundreds of cases over the years.

He plans to take his experience full circle at some point, and run for Judge in Nashville Davidson County. And he brings this experience with him when consulting with you and defending you in court (whether that is in front of a Judge, a Jury, or simply negotiating with an assistant District Attorney). Therefore, he is able to construct a defense for you having experienced all of the tricks and strategies of the other side.

Get the representation you deserve from an attorney with the kind of experience you just can't get from a book!

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Tennessee

Since 1998

Professional Experience

1998 - Current

Ridings Law Group, P.C.

Attorney

Criminal Defense Attorney; DUI Attorney; Drug Defense Attorney; Domestic Violence Defense Attorney; Practice in the area of criminal defense, representing citizens charged with misdemeanors and/or felonies, as well as Juvenile Criminal Cases. Any and all criminal defense from the smallest misdemeanor charge, to the most serious felony charge. October 1998 to Present...

1997 - 1998

Metro Nashville District Attorney's Office

Assistant District Attorney - Internship

Worked during my last year in law school under a program where I got licensed early pursuant to a supreme court rule, and interned at the DA's Office.

1990 - 1997

Metro Nashville Police Department

Police Officer

Patrol Officer (PO II); Master Patrol Officer (POIII); Undercover Police Officer.

1988 - 1990

Murfreesboro Police Department

Police Officer

Patrol Officer in Murfreesboro, TN.

1988 - 1988

Tennessee Board of Paroles

Internship

Interned within the Tennessee Board of Paroles; gaining invaluable experience, and making lasting relationships that still prove useful today.

1987 - 1987

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Internship

Worked on the Governors Task Force for Marijuana Eradication under Governor Ned Ray McWherter.

Education

1994 - 1998

Nashville School of Law

J.D. | Law

Honors: Top Ten Percent of Class; Selected by Staff to speak for the class at Graduation.

1988 - 1997

Middle Tennessee State University

M.S. | Masters in Criminal Justice Administration

Activities: Thesis on Community Policing in Metro Nashville Davidson County.

1983 - 1987

Middle Tennessee State University

B.S. | Criminal Justice Administration; Psychology; Sociology

Awards

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Police Academy Top Academic Average Award

Metro Nashville Police Department

Police Academy Top Physical Fitness Award

Metro Nashville Police Department

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Police Academy John R. Cunningham Award

Murfreesboro Police Department

Contacts

Nashville's DUI Attorney 211 Union Street Suite 202 Nashville TN 37201 Telephone: (615) 851-1888 Cell: (615) 394-7611 Fax: (615) 851-1886

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David Ridings FORMER METRO POLICE OFFICER & PROSECUTOR

Experience: 25 years

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Phone: (615) 851-1888

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Criminal Law

Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders

DUI & DWI

Juvenile Law

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English: Spoken, Written

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