Background
Ryan, James Edward was born on September 21, 1966 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States.
Ryan, James Edward was born on September 21, 1966 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States.
Bachelor in American Studies summa cum laude, Yale University, 1988. Juris Doctor, University Virginia School Law, 1992.
Worked at Crummy, Delegate Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, A Professional, Corporation (Newark, New Jersey) specializing in Constitutional Law, Civil Rights Law. Admitted to the bar, 1995, New Jersey. Order of the Coif. Managing Board Member, Virginia Law Review.
Company-author: "Paying for the Change: Using Eminent Domain to Secure Exactions and Sidestep Nollan and Dolan," 81 Virginia.
L. Review 1801 (1995). Author: Note "Smith and the Religious Freedom Restoration Acting: An Iconoclastic Assessment," 78 Virginia. L. Review 1407 (1992). Adjunct Professor, Prisoners" Rights section of Constitutional Litigation Clinic, Rutgers Law School, Newark, New Jersey, 1996.
Law Clerk to: Honorary William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, 1993-1994. Honorary Clifford Wallace, Chief Judge, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1992-1993.
Legal Assistant to the Honorable Charles T. Duncan, United States. Arbitrator, Iran-United States. Claims Tribunal, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1994-1995.
Summer Intern, Office of the Solicitor General, United States.
Department of Justice, 1992.
Member school redistricting committee Albemarle County, Virginia, since 2004. Board member Community Rights Counsel, since 1998, Century Foundation Task Force on the Common School, 2001—2002, Council African-American Affairs, 2001—2004. Member of American Bar Association (vice-chairman committee public schools 1997-1999), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Karoline (Katie) Homer Ryan. Children: Will, Sam, Ben.