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Ryan Killian

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP

Ryan S. Killian’s practice focuses on product liability with an emphasis in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. He has represented clients embroiled in multimillion-dollar business disputes and participated in the successful defense of a nationwide class action.

Just before joining Shook, Ryan confronted a broad array of legal matters as a law clerk for the Hon. Thomas M. Reavley on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Before that, he worked as an associate for a law firm in Irvine, California, where he authored appellate briefs filed in multiple jurisdictions, argued a successful federal court motion to dismiss, prepared state court dispositive motions and participated in extensive federal court judgment-enforcement litigation.

Ryan is licensed to practice in both Texas and California. Before becoming a member of the bar, he filed an appellate brief and delivered oral argument before the Ninth Circuit as a certified law student.

While in law school, Ryan spent a summer in St. Louis, Missouri serving as a judicial extern to the Hon. Raymond Gruender of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. With two bachelor’s degrees in communications and a background in journalism, he brings a significant amount of writing experience to his legal work.

Education:

  • J.D., cum laude, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2013
    • Order of the Coif
    • Dean’s List (all semesters)
    • Pepperdine Law Review, Lead Articles Editor (Vol. 40)
    • Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic, Advocate
    • Judicial Extern to the Hon. Raymond Gruender, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    • 5 CALI Awards (Contracts II, Legal Research and Writing II, Advanced Constitutional Law: Supreme Court Seminar, Legal History, Rule of Law and the American Judiciary)
  • B.J., The University of Texas at Austin, 2008 (Journalism); B.S. 2008 (Radio-Television-Film)
    • Daily Texan, Sports Editor, Sports Writer, Photographer

Bar Admissions:

  • California
  • Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

Memberships:

  • Houston Bar Association
  • Houston Young Lawyers Association

Community Involvement:

  • Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, Volunteer

Clerkships:

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, The Hon. Thomas M. Reavley (2014-2018)

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