Ryan works out of our St. Louis office. A St. Louis native, he has extensive experience defending a variety of wrongful death, catastrophic, and personal injury cases in Missouri and Southern Illinois. Ryan focuses his practice on defending health care providers and facilities in medical negligence lawsuits and licensing discipline cases. He also represents clients in labor and employment, construction and design defect, premises, automotive, and other general commercial liability cases. Regardless of the issues involved, Ryan strives to help his clients navigate what is often one of the most stressful and emotionally taxing experiences of their lives.

Ryan is skilled in all aspects of civil litigation and has extensive courtroom experience which he uses to achieve the best possible outcome for his clients. He has obtained multiple jury verdicts in favor of health care providers accused of medical malpractice including surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, anesthesia providers, and dentists. Ryan also frequently uses dispositive motions to successfully resolve cases in favor of his clients. Those efforts have resulted in the dismissal of lawsuits against a variety of health care providers including an orthodontist, a geriatric physician, an ambulatory surgery center, a nurse practitioner, and a radiologist.

While in law school, Ryan earned the Cali Award for Excellence in Pre-Trial Litigation. He also worked as an editor of the Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law. An article Ryan authored was one of only four student submissions published by the journal in 2013 and it received the Award for Best Student Submission that year.

As a law student, Ryan completed internships with the Honorable E. Richard Webber at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri, and the Honorable Mark D. Pfeiffer at the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals. He also worked as a summer associate for the Parmele Law Firm.

Outside the office, Ryan is an avid soccer fan and theatergoer. He particularly enjoys opera and a cappella choral music. Ryan is a member of Opera Theater of St. Louis’s Young Friends Steering Committee and is currently serving a three-year term as its Vice Chair for Recruitment. He also enjoys traveling, fishing, hiking, grilling, playing cards, and spending time with his family and friends. Ryan lives in St. Louis with his wife and their dog.