Gerald K. Ryan, Jr.

Gerard K. Ryan, Jr.

Gerard K. Ryan, Jr. joined the Firm in 2000 working effectively in the Medical Malpractice Department as well as on complex negligence matters.

His training has provided him with the ability to prepare and try medical malpractice cases in all areas of medicine as well as the field of general negligence. He has obtained many substantial verdicts and settlements for the clients he has represented. Among his verdicts has been an award of $1.8 million in a case involving an the death of a 52 years old woman due to a delay in diagnosing lung cancer. He also obtained a $1.5 million verdict for a woman injured due to a delay in diagnosing endocarditis. He has also been instrumental in preparing cases which have resulted in substantial settlements including $3.3 million for a woman injured when a her vehicle collided with a truck in Nassau County and $2.65 million for the death of a 42 year old father of two who died as a result of an motor vehicle accident where the defendant argued the lack of a seatbelt contributed to his death. Gerry served as co-counsel for the firm with Robert Kelner in the successful defense of Liza Minnelli in the matter of Gest v. Minnelli.

Gerry has also authored and argued numerous appeals in the various Appellate Courts in New York and was lead counsel in the seminal case of Tran v. New Rochelle Hospital, 99 N.Y.2d 383, 786 N.E.2d 444 (2003).

Gerry Ryan is a former member of the Nassau County Republican Committee and served on the Board of Directors for the East Meadow Little League for 9 years where he was instrumental in starting a “Challenger Division” which gave physically challenged children the opportunity to play baseball in a team environment.

Gerry also lectures at St. John's University School of Law as part of the school's Continuing Legal Education Program in the areas of medical malpractice and general negligence. He has also lectured at the New York County Lawyers Association and the Nassau County Bar Association. Gerry has also served as a panel member on a discussion with regard to “Tort Reform” at St. John's University School of Law and has been a panel member on a discussion of landowner's liability at the Municipal Art Society of New York.

He graduated from St. John's School of Law in 1980, is a member of Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the New York State Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in the New York's State Courts as well as in New York's Federal Trial Courts.