

Member: California State Bar and Idaho State Bar Associations, California Defense Lawyers Association, Sacramento County Bar Association, Federal District Court, Eastern District of California, Federal District Court of Idaho, United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Engineering), University of Utah Law School (L.L.B. Schwartz has substantial litigation experience including the prosecution and defense of actions for declaratory relief and interpleader, defense of carriers against claims for contractual and extra-contractual relief and defense of insureds.įRED A. In addition to providing coverage advice, Mr. In a number of fraud cases he has obtained orders of restitution or judgments, including restitution against insureds following arson fires. His fraud experience includes extensive work with arson, theft, and business interruption claims and suspicious third party claims. Schwartz' first party experience includes rendering legal advice in fire losses, arson and fraud, earth subsidence, toxic and hazardous waste, commercial losses, homeowners policies, course of construction and builder's risk policies, inland marine policies, transport policies, ranch and agricultural policies, and jewelers block policies. Schwartz has extensive experience handling cases involving first and third party insurance coverage and related issues, including fraud and the defense of insurers against claims of "bad faith." Mr. Member: American Bar Association Advisory Panel, American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section, State Bar of California, Bar Association of San Francisco, Federal District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California, Property Loss Research Bureau, California Association of Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute, International Association of Special Investigation Units, Property Claims Association of the Pacific (Board Member), San Francisco Insurance Claims Forum, Northern California Fraud Investigators Association, International Association of Arson Investigators, California Conference of Arson Investigators (Board Member of Bay Area Roundtable), California Arson Prevention Committee, Western States Auto Theft Investigators, Central Coast Claims Association, East Bay Claims Association, Diablo Valley Industrial Claims Association and the Honorable Order of the Blue Goose International. 1981), Contributing Author, Insurance Law and Practice, Matthew Bender. 1977) McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D. University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A.

Ryan is a member of the Casper Rotary Club, and he and his wife Melissa enjoy the many outdoor activities available in Natrona County–and of course, cheering on the Wyoming Cowboys! Read More About Ryan J.Attorney Bios SCOTT D.

Law, the Wyoming State Bar and a past President of the Natrona County Bar Association. Ryan has continued his practice at WPDN focusing on the areas of transportation and construction litigation, employment law, energy, natural resources, oil and gas, and general business law. as an associate, and became a Shareholder in 2010. where he worked until 2006 when he joined Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C. Ryan began his practice with the Cheyenne firm of Hathaway & Kunz, P.C.

in Economics and in Political Science from the University of Wyoming as well. in 2002 from the University of Wyoming College of Law, where he was President of his fraternity, Delta Theta Phi, and received the award for Outstanding Clinic Student for 2002. Schwartz Shareholder – Since Schwartz graduated with his J.D.
