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Ryan Ford
Work Department
Litigation - Washington
Position
Senior associate
Career
Ryan Ford is an experienced litigator who represents clients in both state and federal courts as well as in arbitration and administrative proceedings across the country.
His practice spans a large variety of industries, with a focus on the automotive sector. In particular, Ryan has considerable experience in motor vehicle franchise law, and he’s skilled in helping clients navigate through the complex web of state and federal regulations governing the distribution of motor vehicles. He has successfully tried several cases involving disputes between motor vehicle distributors and their franchised dealers before juries and judges from Hawaii to Ohio.
Ryan began his legal career as a staff attorney in the disabilities law program at the Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware, where he represented individuals with disabilities in litigation.
While in law school, Ryan served as an articles editor for the Annual Survey of American Law, and received the Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award for writing the most outstanding paper in the field of gaming law.
Memberships
Member, Delaware Bar Association, 2010-2012
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law, Robert McKay Scholar, 2010
B.A., College of William & Mary, summa cum laude, 2007
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
(Next Generation Partners)‘Dedicated to delivering solutions’, Hogan Lovells US LLP‘s global automotive and mobility sector practice is consistently mandated by both traditional automotive companies and emerging mobility entities on regulatory matters, including the use of biometric data and incident preparation and response issues. The department also has widely-respected litigation credentials. In relation to rail, the group represents major suppliers to railroads, in addition to light rail transit systems and freight and national passenger railroads; and it has notable expertise in the compliance aspects of transporting hazardous materials by rail. New York-based John Sullivan represents automotive companies in franchise litigation; Michael Kidney defends automotive industry-related lawsuits; and Joanne Rotondi and Ed Fishman are ‘very knowledgeable and responsive’. The practice also includes litigation and trial attorney Ryan Ford; Denver-based Emily Kimball, who is the Railway Supply Institute’s outside counsel; and the firm’s global automotive and mobility sector group co-head, William Yavinsky. Hannah Graae and Carolyn Kraska are other active team members. Kevin Sheys departed the firm in January 2024, and Latane Montague left the team in April 2024. All attorneys named are in Washington DC unless otherwise mentioned.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Rail and road: litigation and regulation United States > Transport
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Financial services regulation