Prior to joining Lyda Law Firm, Ryan earned his law degree and graduate business degree at Suffolk University in Boston. While at Suffolk, he was certified by the Massachusetts Supreme Court to practice with a nationally ranked clinic offering entrepreneurship and intellectual property legal services. While advising clients on a broad range of business and intellectual property concerns, he was the first student in school history to first chair depositions in three states, and manage trademark litigation matters in three countries. Prior to law school, Ryan worked with a biopharmaceutical startup in Cambridge, consulting on outsourced operations for central nervous system therapeutics.