Ryan is an Illinois and Missouri personal injury lawyer and is a 1999 honors graduate of the University of Missouri - Columbia, where he majored in Biology and received a minor in Chemistry. During college, Ryan volunteered at Columbia Regional Hospital, helping injured people and their families with hospital related services. In addition, he was employed as a phlebotomist in the laboratory of Boone County Hospital. While studying and working, Ryan participated in fund raising efforts and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, Ronald McDonald House Charity, American Red Cross, and the Special Olympics.

After college, Ryan attended law school at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, where he was on Law Review. During law school, Ryan interned for the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorneys office as well as other notable St. Louis law firms. After three years of law school, Ryan was offered an associate attorney position with a large St. Louis insurance defense firm, representing people who caused other people significant injuries. During this time, Ryan gained significant insight as to how insurance companies operate and their litigation tactics. Ryan soon realized his heart was in representing victims of personal injury- not the people who caused them. Ryan has litigated hundreds of Missouri personal injury claims and is licensed to practice in all Missouri and Illinois state courts as well as the Seventh and Eighth Circuit Federal Courts.

Ryan is a member of the Missouri and Illinois Bar Associations, The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and is an active member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. At the request of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Ryan has given lectures throughout the state of Missouri on important legislation affecting Missouri personal injury claims. Ryan is a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. Locally, he is a member of the Ronald McDonald charity, an organization that provides temporary housing for families of injured children who receive treatment at St. Louis hospitals.

Ryan is honored to serve as a committee member for the Family Support Network, a non-profit charity in St. Louis, Missouri, dedicated to preventing child abuse.