E-mail:
jwr@psh.com
(tel) 401-861-8232 (fax) 401-861-8210
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.
EDUCATION
Fordham University, J.D., 1972
College of the Holy Cross, B.A., 1969
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Rhode Island Bar Association
Criminal Law Bench and Bar Committee
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
Superior Court Criminal Bench and Bar
Committee
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
"Telephone Taping in the Work Place" Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Client Alert, April 2008
"eDiscovery – The New Frontier " Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Client Alert, January 2008
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Citizen Service Medal, City of Woonsocket
Award Recipient
Governor’s Economic Crime Commission
Former Member
Teitz Commission on the Future of the Courts
Former Member
Cornerstone Adult Services, Inc.
Board Member
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
New York, 1973
Rhode Island, 1987
Massachusetts, 2000
U.S. District Court; MA, RI, NY
U.S. Courts of Appeal; MA, RI, NY