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Mr. Ryan is an experienced trial lawyer, successfully representing clients in both state and federal court. In particular, Mr. Ryan provides counsel on white collar crime and fraud issues, complex commercial litigation, corporate compliance and governmental investigations. He also represents students involved in school disciplinary proceedings.

 

Mr. Ryan was formerly an Assistant District Attorney in the Office of the Manhattan District Attorney where he served as Senior Trial Counsel and Bureau Chief in the Trial Division. In Rhode Island, he was appointed as Chief of the Criminal Division in the Department of the Attorney General, where for more than nine years he was responsible for the prosecution of all felony cases brought in the state. In this position, Mr. Ryan personally prosecuted many cases of fraudulent transactions involving misuse of government funds and corrupt practices including the collapse of the Jefferson Loan and Investment Bank.

 

HONORS 

• AV® Preeminent Rated from Martindale Hubbell, highest possible rating on both legal ability and ethics based upon the confidential opinion of peers and judges
• Citizen Service Medal, City of Woonsocket Award Recipient

EDUCATION
Fordham University, J.D.
College of the Holy Cross, B.A.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Criminal Division Alumni Association (of RI Department of Attorney General)
    President
Rhode Island Bar Association
American Bar Association
   Criminal Justice Section
International Association of Private Sector
   Inspectors General (IPSIG)
Roger Williams University School of Law
   Former Adjunct Professor of Law
National Association of Criminal Defense
   Lawyers


REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

"Duty of Trustee to Challenge Real Estate Assessment"
Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note Client Alert, September 2011 

"Telephone Taping in the Work Place"
Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, August 2008
Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Client Alert, April 2008

"eDiscovery – The New Frontier " Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Client Alert, January 2008

REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

"Fraud in Society and Protecting Your Company from Internal Threat", Newport County Chamber of Commerce, Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, Webster Bank, 2010

 

“E-Discovery: What Is It and Why You Should Care”
Roger Williams Hospital, Providence College, Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, Taco, The Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Company – 2008

 

"Document Retention & Destruction", Lorman Education Services, 2007

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Governor’s Economic Crime Commission
   Former Member
Teitz Commission on the Future of the Courts
   Former Member
Cornerstone Adult Services, Inc.
   Former Board Member

BAR MEMBERSHIPS
New York

Rhode Island

Massachusetts

U.S. District Court; MA, RI, SDNY, EDNY
U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit