With a sharp eye for strategic problem-solving and a persistent drive to succeed, Ryan thrives on the daily opportunity to seek new solutions to legal issues. He represents clients in both litigation and transactions. On the litigation side, Ryan represents businesses and individuals in state and federal court in all aspects of real estate and business litigation, including cases involving contracts and easements, landlord-tenant disputes, foreclosures, eminent domain, collection and enforcement of judgments, repossession of vehicles. On the transactional side, he assists clients in buying, selling, leasing, financing commercial and residential real estate, and in negotiating various easements and long-term leases (including solar energy facilities). He has presented oral argument in state and federal courts throughout Indiana, as well as at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. Ryan also represents health care clients in managed care and insurer reimbursement disputes.
He has built and continues to grow the firm’s real estate litigation practice from the ground up and has become a respected leader within the firm. He was elected partner in 2016, chairs the firm's real estate litigation group, and manages the firm as a member of the firm's executive committee. He graduated from Notre Dame Law School in 2008.
Ryan spends as much time as possible with his wife and six children, four sons and two daughters, playing in the yard and coaching CYO sports. He lives with his family in Brownsburg and is active in The Penrod Society and at his parish, St. Malachy.
Ryan has extensive experience representing clients in eminent domain litigation throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. Ryan’s other representative cases include the following:
With a sharp eye for strategic problem-solving and a persistent drive to succeed, Ryan thrives on the daily opportunity to seek new solutions to legal issues. He represents clients in both litigation and transactions. On the litigation side, Ryan represents businesses and individuals in state and federal court in all aspects of real estate and business litigation, including cases involving contracts and easements, landlord-tenant disputes, foreclosures, eminent domain, collection and enforcement of judgments, repossession of vehicles. On the transactional side, he assists clients in buying, selling, leasing, financing commercial and residential real estate, and in negotiating various easements and long-term leases (including solar energy facilities). He has presented oral argument in state and federal courts throughout Indiana, as well as at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. Ryan also represents health care clients in managed care and insurer reimbursement disputes.
He has built and continues to grow the firm’s real estate litigation practice from the ground up and has become a respected leader within the firm. He was elected partner in 2016, chairs the firm's real estate litigation group, and manages the firm as a member of the firm's executive committee. He graduated from Notre Dame Law School in 2008.
Ryan spends as much time as possible with his wife and six children, four sons and two daughters, playing in the yard and coaching CYO sports. He lives with his family in Brownsburg and is active in The Penrod Society and at his parish, St. Malachy.
Ryan has extensive experience representing clients in eminent domain litigation throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. Ryan’s other representative cases include the following:
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