Ryan is a former federal prosecutor and has extensive experience as lead trial counsel in several high-profile jury trials. In addition to his jury trial work, Ryan represents technology companies in national and international arbitration proceedings, including patent licensing disputes, commercial contract disputes and other complex business disputes. He has also represented technology companies in patent litigation, trade secret misappropriation litigation and securities class actions and derivative litigation. Ryan received his JD from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1997.