Introduction

Ryan is a shareholder of Fredrikson & Byron and a member of the firm’s Life Sciences, Health Care, and Corporate Groups. He has extensive experience representing individuals and businesses in a wide variety of transactions. Representative experience includes the following:

• structuring and negotiating acquisitions, financings, equity offerings, joint ventures, strategic alliances, technology development and intellectual property licensing arrangements;
• advising clients on a wide variety of regulatory and compliance matters (FDA rules, state and federal privacy and security laws, fraud and abuse prohibitions, etc.);
• representing foreign companies in connection with the marketing and sale of medical device and health care products in the United States;
• advising inventors in connection with the development and commercialization of intellectual property; and
• representing boards of directors and independent committees on various corporate governance matters, including fiduciary duties and conflict-of-interest policies.

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Minnesota Law Review, Articles Editor
• Gustavus Adolphus College, B.A., Political Science/Philosophy, summa cum laude
• Oxford University

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota

Practice Areas

• Life Sciences
• Health Law
• Corporate
• Corporate Governance
• Emerging Business
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Health Care Fraud and Compliance

Selected Publications & Presentations

Presentations

• Product Safety and Product Liability in the U.S., World Medical Device Forum, Osaka, Japan (February 2011)
• Accountable Care Organizations: Understanding What’s Important in the Proposed Rules, Fredrikson & Byron Health Law Webinar Series, Webinar Series, May 2011
• Technological Convergence in Diabetes Treatment, The Collaborative, Moderator (March 2011)
• Future of Health Care Conference, University of St. Thomas, Moderator (November 2010)
• Doing Business in the United States, BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota Sponsored Presentation (October 2010)
• Technological Convergence in Diagnostic Imaging, The Collaborative, Moderator (March 2010)
• Legal Considerations for Doing Business in the U.S., World Medical Device Forum, Osaka, Japan (February 2010)
• Medical Device Regulation in the United States, BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota Sponsored Presentation (October 2009)
• Legal Hot Topics in Health Care, University of Saint Thomas Executive Leadership Conference, October 27, 2009
• Red Flag Rules, Stimulus Money, HIPAA, and Other Hot Topics in Health Care Law, North Dakota Medical Group Management Association Annual Meeting, September 24, 2009
• Opting Out of Medicare, Concierge Care, and Other Alternative Delivery Models, Fredrikson & Byron Health Law Webinar Series, Webinar Series, September 9, 2009
• HITECH and HIPAA: What Hospitals, Clinics, and Medical Professionals Need to Know About the New Health Information Technology Law and Changes to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Fredrikson & Byron Health Law Webinar Series, May 13, 2009
• Shared Savings/Gainsharing, Health Law Webinar Series, August 13, 2008
• Build in Compliance from the Outset to Prepare for Increased Regulations and Oversight, Retail Based Health Clinic Summit, November 28, 2007
• Proposed Stark Revisions, Fredrikson & Byron Health Law Webinar Series, August 22, 2007
• Buying & Selling Physician Practices, Fredrikson & Byron Health Law Webinar Series, May 9, 2007
• Electronic Medical Records, Fredrikson & Byron Health Law Webinar Series, February 14, 2007
• The New, Final HIPAA Privacy Regulations, Fredrikson & Byron Health Law Seminar, October 2002
• Negotiating a Purchase/Sale Agreement for Non-Public Businesses, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, September 10, 2002

Publications

• Life Sciences and the Stimulus Act - Part I: Promotion of Health Information Technology, co-authored with Ann Ladd and Katherine Douglas, FredALERT: Life Sciences, March 5, 2009
• Life Sciences and the Stimulus Act - Part II: Changes to HIPAA Privacy and Security Standards, co-authored with Ann Ladd and Katherine Douglas, FredALERT: Life Sciences, March 5, 2009
• Convenience Care Clinics  Legal Considerations, co-authored with Katherine Douglas, Minnesota Physician, October 2008
• Quoted in Selling a Professional Practice, by Kelly Spors, Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2008
• Revenue Ruling 2004-51: Joint Ventures Between 501(c)(3) and For-Profit Organizations, American Health Lawyers Association Tax & Finance Practice Group Newsletter (Summer 2004)
• Joined at the HIPAA - Covered Entities and Their Business Associates, Fredrikson & Byron Health Law Focus (Spring 2001)
• ERISA Doctor in the House: The Duty to Disclose Physician Incentives to Limit Health Care, 82 Minnesota Law Review 1631 (1998)

Professional Activities

• American Health Lawyers Association, Life Sciences Practice Group
• University of Minnesota Joint Degree Program in Law, Health and the Life Sciences, Advisory Board
• University of Minnesota Law School, Adjunct Professor, Health Care Transactions
• University of St. Thomas, MBA in Medical Management, Adjunct Professor, Health Law and Bioethics
• Minnesota State Bar Association, Health Law and Business Law Sections, Health Law Section Governing Council
• American Bar Association, Health Law and Business Law Sections
• Gustavus Adolphus College, Visiting Instructor, “Biomedical Research, Ethics and Law”
• Judge, 2011 Minnesota Cup, Biosciences Division

Judicial Clerkship

• Honorable Frank J. Magill, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1999-2000

Honors & Distinctions

• Consistently named a Rising Star by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine
• Recipient of the 2004 Amigos de Latino Economic Development Center Award
• Recipient of NASA Grant for Science Education and Innovation

Community Involvement

• BioTech Builders, Board Member
• Friends of The Works (www.theworks.org), Co-Founder and Member
• Young Scientist Roundtable, Committee Member
• Science Museum of Minnesota, Past Member of Presidential Advisory Board and Young Professionals Committee
• IFP Minnesota, Past Board Member and Chair
• Voyageurs National Park Association, Past Board Member and Policy Committee Chair
• MacPhail Center of Music, MacPhail Forum, Steering Committee