Ryan focuses his practice on a wide variety of litigation matters including complex commercial disputes, securities and financial services litigation, and insurance law. He also regularly advises clients regarding government and internal investigations, enforcement proceedings, and white collar criminal matters. Ryan has experience handling all stages of the litigation life cycle including drafting and responding to complaints, managing voluminous discovery, motion practice, and witness and trial preparation. He has experience leading teams in various forms of dispute resolution including civil and criminal trials, arbitrations, and mediations.
Ryan also maintains an active pro bono practice that includes immigration advocacy, criminal record sealing efforts, and proceedings aimed at stemming domestic violence. Most significantly, Ryan partnered with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts on a seminal case that shifted the burden of proof in bond hearings for certain immigrants detained during removal proceedings.
While earning his law degree, Ryan held judicial internships with the Honorable Richard J. Leon of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Honorable Thomas Kaplanes in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court. Ryan also interned for a full year at the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, where he represented state agencies and officials in state and federal courts as part of the Government Bureau’s Administrative Law Division, and was a member of Boston College’s European Law Moot Court team.
Prior to law school, Ryan worked at a Washington, DC-based management consultancy and coached college basketball at Georgetown University. In college, Ryan was the captain of the Georgetown University Men’s Basketball team.
Ryan focuses his practice on a wide variety of litigation matters including complex commercial disputes, securities and financial services litigation, and insurance law. He also regularly advises clients regarding government and internal investigations, enforcement proceedings, and white collar criminal matters. Ryan has experience handling all stages of the litigation life cycle including drafting and responding to complaints, managing voluminous discovery, motion practice, and witness and trial preparation. He has experience leading teams in various forms of dispute resolution including civil and criminal trials, arbitrations, and mediations.
Experience
Complex Commercial
- Representing one of the world’s largest generic drug manufacturers in breach of contract cases and congressional investigations.
- Representing professional basketball player in breach of contract dispute with former sports agent
- Representing a publicly-traded uniform rental and workplace supply provider in breach of contract matters throughout the Northeast region.
- Secured a $20 million judgment on behalf of a family trust in a shareholder dispute between the co-founders of a life sciences start-up alleging securities fraud under the California blue sky statute, common law fraudulent inducement, and breaches of fiduciary duty.
- Represented environmental non-profit in trial which resulted in successful enforcement of conservation restriction on property in southeastern Massachusetts.
White Collar
- Represented two parent defendants indicted for fraud in relation to the sprawling Varsity Blues college admissions prosecution.
- Conducted internal investigation into allegations of workplace harassment on behalf of professional basketball team and provided compliance advice relating to league bylaws and matters relating to the FLSA.
- Obtained favorable resolution on eve of trial for a manager of a global advertising technology company charged with federal wire fraud conspiracy and violations of the CAN-SPAM Act.
- Represented a leading multinational health technology company in a wide-ranging DOJ investigation and related internal investigation involving alleged False Claims Act violations.
Securities Litigation
- Local counsel in District of Massachusetts to international footwear company in litigation regarding security interest in delivered products.
- Representing former Chief Financial Officer in civil accounting fraud litigation brought by SEC in District of Massachusetts.
Insurance
- Representing a liability insurer in consolidated asbestos cases which concern the trigger of coverage for certain asbestos disease.
News & Press
White (Collar) Lies: No Intangible Property Right To Accurate Information Under The Wire Fraud Statue
December 21, 2022
Member Randy Jones and Associates Ryan Dougherty and Daniel Goodrich co-authored an article published in The Daily Journal analyzing Ciminelli v United States.
Mintz Secures Significant Victory For Client in Federal Fraud Suit
October 03, 2022
Mintz has secured a favorable outcome for client Mark Manoogian, who was embroiled in a federal wire fraud and electronic mail fraud conspiracy prosecution.
Mintz Honored with PAIR’s 2020 Pro Bono Mentor Award
May 22, 2020
The first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit, Pereira Brito v. Barr, was filed in June on behalf of immigrants who were jailed due to flawed detention hearings in which the detainee was required to bear the burden of proof as to not being a flight risk or a danger to the community. The latest ruling holds that the class of immigrants are entitled to bond hearings at which the government bears the burden of justifying an immigrant’s detention, and at which the immigration court must consider someone’s ability to pay when setting a bond amount.
The Mintz pro bono team representing the plaintiffs in this case includes Members Susan Finegan and Susan Cohen, Special Counsel Andrew Nathanson, and Associates Mathilda McGee-Tubb, Jennifer Mather McCarthy, and Ryan Dougherty.
Federal Judge Rules Detained Immigrants Are Entitled to Fair Hearings
November 27, 2019
Gov't Often Has 'Nothing' To Hold Immigrants, Judge Says
November 6, 2019
Immigration Courts Are 'Ignoring The Law,' Mass. Judge Says
August 6, 2019
Ryan focuses his practice on a wide variety of litigation matters including complex commercial disputes, securities and financial services litigation, and insurance law. He also regularly advises clients regarding government and internal investigations, enforcement proceedings, and white collar criminal matters. Ryan has experience handling all stages of the litigation life cycle including drafting and responding to complaints, managing voluminous discovery, motion practice, and witness and trial preparation. He has experience leading teams in various forms of dispute resolution including civil and criminal trials, arbitrations, and mediations.
Involvement
- Board member, Georgetown Basketball Hoya Hoop Club
- Alumni interviewer, Georgetown University
Recent Insights
Member Randy Jones and Associates Ryan Dougherty and Daniel Goodrich co-authored an article published in The Daily Journal analyzing Ciminelli v United States.
Mintz has secured a favorable outcome for client Mark Manoogian, who was embroiled in a federal wire fraud and electronic mail fraud conspiracy prosecution.
