David F. Ryan

DIRECT LINE: (312) 261-5164
E-MAIL: dryan@pattonryan.com

EDUCATION:

B.B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1975;
J.D.,Quinnipiac College School of Law, Hamden, Connecticut, 1984.

ADMISSIONS:

Illinois, 1985; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1985; Federal Trial Bar, 1990; Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals,1997; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2002;United State District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 2005.

PRO HAC VICE ADMISSIONS:

Indiana; Pennsylvania; New York; New Jersey; Wisconsin; Missouri; Michigan.

MEMBER:

Illinois State Bar Association; Arbitrator, Circuit Court of Lake County, 1989-present. Associate Editor, Chicago Bar News, 1995 to 1997; Lake County Chamber of Commerce.

SPEAKER:

“Civil Trial Support,” The Illinois Paralegal Association Education Seminar, 2003; “The Law of Spoliation of Evidence,” Rusin Patton Maciorowski & Friedman’s Successful Defense of Transportation and Tort Claims Seminar, 2002; “Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit,” Kiwanis Club of Highland Park, 1995; “Jury Instruction,” Landau, Omahana & Kopka Seminar, 1994.

AUTHOR:

“The Imputed Negligence Doctrine in Automobile Cases,” Illinois Bar Journal, October 1994. “Law Firm Marketing” Seminar, Chicago Bar Association News, Spring 1995.

REPORTED CASES:

Indlecoffer v. Village of Wadsworth, 671 N.E.2d 1128 (2004); Wilson-McCray v. Stokes, 2003 WL 22901569, N.D.Ill (2003).

CASES:

Indlecoffer v. Village of Wadsworth, 671 N.E.2d 1128 (2004); Wilson-McCray v. Stokes, 2003 WL 22901569, N.D.Ill (2003).

COMMUNITY:

Hustle up the Hancock fundraiser for the American Lung Association, 2000-2003; Village of Northfield Zoning Commission, 1985-1987.