D. Ronald Ryland

D. Ronald Ryland is a partner in the Finance and Bankruptcy and the Business Trial Practice Groups in the firm's San Francisco office. He also serves as the Firm's General Counsel.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Ryland is a business litigator who specializes in the defense of class actions and other litigation and the representation of creditors in workouts and bankruptcies.

Mr. Ryland has been a business litigator and bankruptcy lawyer for over thirty years, with a substantial focus on the representation of financial institutions and other creditors. He has tried cases before the federal district, state and bankruptcy courts throughout California and regularly represents clients in arbitrations and other dispute resolution proceedings.

Education

• J.D., Columbia University, 1970, cum laude
• B.A., College of Wooster, 1967, with honors

Admissions

• California
• District of Columbia
• Various federal courts

Memberships

• Founding Chair, General Counsel Committee, U.S. Law Firm Group
• Member, Association of Business Trial Lawyers
• Member, Association of Professional Responsibiility Lawyers
• Member, Bankruptcy Forum
• Member, ABA Committees on Commercial and Consumer Financial Services
• Member, Bar Association of San Francisco
• Arbitrator, San Francisco Superior Court, 25 years
• Past President of the board, Homeward Bound of Marin, a provider of services to homeless persons, at the time it built the nation's first new homeless facility on a decommissioned military base

Speeches

• Mr. Ryland lectures on litigation, commercial lending and professional responsibility matters