Timothy P. Ryan is the Chief Executive Officer of the firm and a Member of the firm’s Litigation Division.  He also presently serves as a member of the Executive Committee as well as the Board of Directors.  He previously chaired both of those groups.

Mr. Ryan has a broad range of experience in commercial, business and regulatory litigation, covering matters such as patent, trademark, copyright infringement, licensing, franchising, unfair competition, contracts, RICO, securities fraud and toxic exposure issues.  He has represented litigants in various state and federal courts across the country and before state and federal administrative agencies.

During the past twenty years, Mr. Ryan has focused his practice primarily on the litigation of intellectual property and business tort disputes.  He has represented a wide variety of clients in matters involving patents, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition claims, licenses and franchises.  Mr. Ryan is one of the attorneys who represented petitioners in the landmark Markman case at trial and before the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.  The case involved the constitutional right to jury trial of disputes involving the construction of patent claim terms. 

Mr. Ryan has tried cases in numerous federal and state courts across the country.  He also has extensive experience in trying cases before administrative agencies and arbitration panels.  He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation and is a member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County.  Mr. Ryan has been recognized by his peers for several years as one of Pennsylvania's Super Lawyers^®, ranking among the top five percent of attorneys practicing in the state.  He also holds an AV^® rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Ryan is a frequent lecturer on intellectual property litigation issues.  He is the past Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.  He also is a member of the Intellectual Property Advisory Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and serves on the Gender Equality Task Force of the Allegheny County Bar Association.  Mr. Ryan also serves on the Boards of a number of educational, civic and arts organizations, including St. Vincent College, the Metropolitan YMCA of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Economy League.

Education:
J.D., Duquesne University School of Law, 1984 (Cum Laude)
B.A., St. Vincent College, 1981 (with highest honors)

Admissions:
Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia; Supreme Court of the United States; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Third and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. Claims Court

Membership Affiliations:
American Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association; Allegheny County Bar Association; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County;  American Intellectual Property Law Association