Joseph W. Ryan

For more than forty years, Mr. Ryan has successfully represented clients accused in federal criminal cases, including the defense of charges involving white collar crime.

Mr. Ryan is well-known to the federal and state courts and legal profession for the trial of many newsworthy and notable cases, including the most recent victory before the United States Supreme Court where the client-accountant’s conviction for tax fraud arising out of a highly publicized prosecution was vacated and the indictment dismissed, ending a six year battle in which the client had been acquitted in seven out of eight counts after a jury trial. Other cases include the acquittal of a former stockbroker of Monroe Parker following an eight-week trial before the Westchester County Court and his acquittal of a CPA in the BPA-Nassau County scandal tried before a jury in Central Islip federal court. His clients include Judges, attorneys, accountants, doctors, prosecuting officials, public officials, businessmen and corporations before both State and Federal courts.

Mr. Ryan is the former President of the Nassau County Bar Association, Chair of its Federal Courts Committee and served as a member of the Eastern District of the Federal Courts Panel recommending procedural changes in the Criminal and Civil Rules for the Court. Mr. Ryan previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney where he was Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division; Chief of the Fraud Section; and Chief of the Narcotics Section. He served as Assistant Counsel to the Judicial Inquiry of Professional Conduct where he prosecuted judicial removal and attorney disciplinary proceedings.

Mr. Ryan has also been appointed Special District Attorney of Suffolk County by the Supreme Court where he conducted a Grand Jury investigation into allegations of corruption arising out of a car leasing agreement.

Mr. Ryan served as Adjunct Professor at the Touro Law Center where he taught the U.S Attorney Rotation Clinic, enabling students, who are assigned to AUSA’s, to learn real practice skills. Mr. Ryan had previously taught Professional Responsibility at Touro and had lectured at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy at Hofstra University School of Law.

In the Town of Huntington, Mr. Ryan served as Chair of its Ethics Board, Financial Disclosure Board, and Management Salary Citizens Advisory Committee. He is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Suffolk County Bar Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Federal Bar Council, New York Defense Council and Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court.

Most recently, Mr. Ryan was appointed by the Surrogate of Nassau County to serve as Court Examiner/Referee to conduct an inquiry into NEWSDAY allegations that an attorney appointed as Permanent Receiver engaged in improper conduct, which inquiry resulted in the attorney’s removal.