Battletested with Tanya Acker

From deceased billionaire Kirk Kerkorian's child support battle, to Roman Polanski's travails with the government, to a knock down, drag out fight over Winnie-the-Pooh, Tanya talks to three power lawyers about how bad court can get and how they responded when the other side didn't play fairly. With Attorneys Paul Derby, Chad Hummel and Michael Trope.

Tanya talks to Sarah Van Patten, principal dancer with the San Francisco ballet, whose pregnancy didn't keep her from lighting up the stage and living her art.

Join Tanya for a conversation with Officer Petri Hawkins Byrd, bailiff on the three-time Emmy Award-winning Judge Judy program. Tanya and Officer Byrd talk about his path to working with Judge Judy; his commitment to working with kids and building stronger relationships between law enforcement and the African-American community; and some little-known historical heroes who can motivate and inspire us all.

Tanya speaks to Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, the youngest and first African-American House Minority Leader in Alabama history. Representative Daniels discusses the backstory behind some of our political theatrics; why we should spend more money educating kids instead of jailing them; and how to keep American democracy healthy.

Tanya speaks with her former professor and now Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law Emeritus at Yale University, Peter H. Schuck, regarding President Trump's use of The National Emergency Act of 1976 in an attempt to fund a border wall.