Ryan focuses her practice representing businesses and individuals in commercial litigation and employment disputes. She has experience in both federal and state courts representing clients in all stages of civil litigation. She also has experience representing clients in front of administrative agencies. Her experience includes complex commercial litigation, securities litigation, government investigations, employment disputes, white collar defense, and civil rights litigation.

After starting her legal career as an associate at a law firm in New York City, Ryan clerked for the Honorable Brenda K. Sannes, Chief U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York before relocating to Rochester.

An avid equestrian and animal lover, Ryan has one cat and a horse.

ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Greater Rochester Association of Women Attorneys
• Member, Monroe County Bar Association

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

• Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® (2026 Edition) for Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Securities and Municipal Law
• Order of Barristers
• National Order of Scribes
• Order of the Coif
• Justinian Honor Society
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Civil Procedure (2015); Advanced Trial Practice (2016)
• Executive Director, Moot Court Honor Society
• Associate Notes Editor, Syracuse Law Review

RECENT BLOG POSTS AND PUBLICATIONS

• The Daily Record: Avoiding the Ethical Pitfalls of Generative AI in the Practice of Law, October 20th, 2025
• The Daily Record: Is the New York Correction Officer Strike “Illegal and Unlawful”?, February 26th, 2025
• Daily Record: Ongoing or Future Payment Obligations May Survive Guaranty Expiration Clauses, October 3rd, 2024
• A Lawyer for Equity: Debunking Myths About SafeSport’s Role in Our Legal System, The Chronicle of the Horse (2020)
• What Are You En(title)d Two? Protecting Individuals with Disabilities During Interactions with Law Enforcement Under Title II of the ADA, 49 MEMPHIS L. REV. 3 (2019)
• Prisoner’s Dilemma–Exhausted Without a Place of Rest(itution): Why the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s Exhaustion Requirement Needs to be Amended, 20 SCHOLAR 2 (2018)