Matt Ryan has extensive experience with construction disputes and other matters, including serving as lead counsel and appearing in federal court, as well as arbitration, administrative proceedings, and extensive mediation experience. In the Fall 2006 and Spring 2008 semesters, he has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law, teaching a three-hour upper level course on Construction Law and a two-hour seminar on Construction Litigation.

Matt regularly represents design professionals in disciplinary and registration proceedings at the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners and Texas Board of Professional Engineers. Matt has lectured and focused on lien and bond claims, AIA form contracts, design professional disciplinary actions, and claims before the Texas Department of Transportation and the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Before joining the firm in 2000, he began practicing construction law in Dallas at the firm of Canterbury Stuber, after a term as a federal law clerk in El Paso. Matt Ryan also has experience with real estate law, contract negotiations, and other areas of commercial and civil law. 

 

Areas of Practice

  • Construction Litigation
  • Contracts
  • Civil Litigation
  • Professional Discipline and Registration
  • Lien and Bond Claims

 

Other Activities

  • Adjunct Professor in Construction Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Fall 2006 and Spring 2008
  • Council Member, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section, 2007-2010
  • Chair, Basic Course in Construction Law, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section, October, 2006

 

Licensed By

  • The Supreme Court of Texas
  • The Supreme Court of Massachusetts
  • The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

 

Education

  • J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1997 (Member, Texas International Law Journal)
  • B.A., The University of Vermont, 1990

 

Memberships

  • State Bar of Texas
  • State Bar of Massachusetts
  • Austin Bar Association
  • Austin Young Construction Lawyers (Chair, 2004-2006)
  • Austin Bar Association Breakfast with the Judiciary (Chair, 2004-2006)
  • Austin Bar Association Construction Law Section (Chair, 2006-2007; Vice Chair, 2005-2006; Secretary-Treasurer, 2004-2005)
  • Ex Officio Council Member, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section, 2005
  • Named to Texas "Super Lawyers," Texas Monthly Magazine, 2004 and 2008