Ryan has been admitted to the State Bar of Texas, the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court – Western District of Texas, and the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. He is also a member of the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. 

Ryan earned his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, in 2001, from St. Mary’s University School of Law, graduating in the top 2% of his class. During law school, he served as a Research Assistant for Professor Demleitner as well as a Torts Course Tutor for Professor (later, Dean) Cantu. Ryan also became a member of the John M. Harlan Society honoring scholastic legal achievement, and of the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, Tarlton Inn.

He began his legal career in 2001 practicing commercial litigation in San Antonio, Texas. A detour into Virginia allowed Ryan to secure his second state law license for the District of Columbia in 2006. Ryan returned home to Texas and continued his career focusing on an insurance litigation docket.

Ryan’s interest in the law began when he joined his high school mock trial team, to help him overcome a fear of public speaking. After graduating from high school, Ryan continued his education at the University of Texas at Austin where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1997. While attending college, Ryan continued to pursue his interest in the law by becoming a member of the mock trial team, which placed fourth in the national Gold Flight Mock Trial Competition in 1994.

Ryan joined KRW Lawyers in 2014, bringing with him his many years of experience and a unique analytical legal perspective.