Overview

Ryan is a second-generation trial lawyer. He has experience representing clients in all phases of complex commercial litigation, obtaining multimillion dollar recoveries for plaintiffs and total dismissals for defendants.

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Experience

  • (Tex. Dist. – Harris Cnty.) – Represented current owner of the Houston Astros in a dispute against the previous owner relating to the sale of the team

  • (Tex. Dist. – Bailey Cnty.) – Represented wind farm operator in dispute over alleged underpayment of royalites to landowners

  • (S.D. Tex.) – Member of trial team that defended well operator in $70 million lawsuit over alleged production of a nearby storage facility’s gas; jury returned a complete defense verdict after only fifteen minutes of deliberation

  • (AAA Arbitration) – Member of trial team that obtained a $15 million arbitration award for the owner of a 2X1 combined cycle 1000 megawatt power plant and defeated in its entirety a $35 million counterclaim by the EPC contractor for delay and productivity claims

  • (S.D. Tex.) – Represented an owner in a dispute against its EPC contractor related to the construction of a $175 million cogeneration facility in Alabama

  • (Tex. Dist. – Harris Cnty.) – Represented a contractor in litigation related to the weld testing of jackets used in an offshore windfarm in the North Sea; settled favorably on the first day of trial

  • (Tex. Dist. – Harris Cnty.) – Represented Fortune 150 energy company suing its former employees and a competitor company for trade secret misappropriation and breach of fiduciary duty; settled favorably on eve of trial

  • (S.D. Tex.); (W.D. Okla.) – Represented an inspection services and solutions company in trade secret misappropriation lawsuits in the Southern District of Texas and Western District of Oklahoma; settled favorably before expert reports submitted

  • (Tex. Dist. – Harris Cnty.) – Represented global hotel and resort brand in wrongful death lawsuit

  • (Tex. Dist. – Travis Cnty.) – Represented global hotel and resort brand in wrongful death lawsuit; obtained dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction

Credentials

Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2019
  • University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 2016

Admissions

  • Texas
  • U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Recognitions

  • Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2025 and 2026
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Houston): Commercial Litigation, 2022–2027
News & Achievements

Deals & Cases

Vinson & Elkins Advises FTAI Infrastructure on $255 Million Acquisition of Port Arthur Terminal and Canadian Diluent Recovery Unit

Vinson & Elkins advised FTAI Infrastructure Inc. (NASDAQ: FIP) in the acquisition of the Port Arthur Terminal in Port Arthur, …

September 28, 2026

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