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Mr. Ryan was selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers in the category of Employment Litigation - Plaintiff. He was also recognized in the 2009 and 2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Labor and Employment Law.

Billy Ryan's Blog is available at: http://billyryan.com  

Practice Areas: Employment Law, Workers' Compensation & Personal Injury 

Education and Professional Background:
    University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 1992, B.A. History
    University of Mississippi, 1999, J.D. Law
        Member of Mississippi Law Journal
        1997-1998 (Associate Mississippi Cases Editor)
        1998-1999 (Mississippi Cases Editor)
        Member of Steen Reynolds and Dalehite Nat'l Trial Team - 1999
        Runner-up in Heidelberg & Woodliff Oral Advocacy Competition - 1999

Admissions:
    Tennessee - 1999
    Mississippi - 1999
    United States Supreme Court
    Tennessee Supreme Court
    Mississippi Supreme Court
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
    U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern District of Mississippi
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Affiliations and Memberships:
    Memphis Bar Association
    Tennessee Bar Association
    Mississippi Bar Association
    Federal Bar Association
    Tennessee Association for Justice
    Mississippi Association for Justice 
    National Employment Lawyers Association
    American Inns of Court

    Mr. Ryan is currently serving as Past President of the Federal Bar Association's Memphis Mid-South Chapter.  Click here.   He is also a past president of the Memphis Bar Association's Labor & Employment Section.

 
 

"Service and advice.  That's what I provide to my clients.  Whether in the courtroom or outside of the courtroom, my goal is to provide the best service and advice that I can possibly provide so that my clients' goals are obtained."

Published Decisions:

Brasfield v. Source Broadband Services, LLC, ___ F.R.D. ___, 2009 WL  1748552 (W.D. Tenn. Apr. 23, 2009)
Monroe v. FTS USA, LLC, ___ F.R.D. ___, 2009 WL 736003 (W.D. Tenn. Mar.17, 2009)
Brasfield v. Source Broadband Services, LLC, 255 F.R.D. 447 (W.D. Tenn. 2008)
Hampton Co. Nat. Sur., LLC v. Tunica County, Miss., 543 F.3d 221 (5th Cir. 2008)
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. White, 126 S Ct. 2405 (2006)
White v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company, 364 F.3d 789 (6th Cir. 2004) (en banc) 
Guy v. Mutual of Omaha Ins. Co., 79 S.W.3d 528 (Tenn. 2002)
Frayser v. Dentsply Intern., Inc., 78 S.W.3d 242 (Tenn. Sp. WC Panel 2002)
Crews v. Buckman Laboratories Intern., Inc., 78 S.W.3d 852 (Tenn. 2002)
Cooper v. MRM Investment Co., 367 F.3d 789 (6th Cir. 2004)
Cooper v. MRM Inv. Co., 199 F. Supp.2d 771 (M.D. Tenn. 2002)
Ling v. Herrod, 445 F. Supp. 2d 892 (W.D. Tenn. 2006)
Tidwell v. City of Memphis, 193 S.W.3d 555 (Tenn. 2006)
Best v. Kroger Co., 339 B.R. 180 (W.D. Tenn. 2006)

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