He was the chief attorney of the Major Felony Section at Metropolitan Public Defenders, Inc., before starting his own law firm.
He was chair of the Education Committee 2006-2010. The committee organizes conferences around the state for criminal defense lawyers and investigators, worked on developing cutting-edge arguments and defenses, and expanded the resources available to defense attorneys. He was awarded the OCDLA’s President’s Award on multiple occasions and the Ross Shepard Lifetime Service to OCDLA Award in 2020.
A frequent speaker at legal conferences, he has spoken on topics such as: Writing and Arguing Motions to Suppress; Creative Defenses to Drug Crimes; Equal Privileges Under the Oregon Constitution; and many more. He edited the latest edition of the OCDLA Search and Seizure manual. And he has authored chapters in criminal law books on topics including: Drug Delivery and Manufacturing, Murder, Criminal Defenses, and Pre-Trial Motions.
He continues to write regularly on criminal defense and sentencing issues at the Oregon Library of Defense, a website designed for criminal defense lawyers, defendants and families of defendants to help explain the most difficult legal issues.
Ryan handles cases at both the trial and appellate levels.
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