Robert Collins RYAN

Background

Ryan, Robert Collins was born on September 15, 1953 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Donald Thomas and Patricia J. (Collins) Ryan.

Education

University of Illinois (B.S.I.E., with high honors, 1976. Bachelor of Arts, 1976). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1979).

Tau Beta Pi; Phi Kappa Phi. Alpha Pi Mu: Phi Eta Sigma. James Scholar. Executive Editor, Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business, 1978-1979.

Career

Associate Allegretti, Newitt, Witcoff & McAndrews, Ltd., Chicago, 1979-1983, partner, 1983-1988. Founding partner McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., 1988-1996, of counsel, 1998—2000. Vice president digital general system, Inc.

CNASDAQ DGIT, 2001—2003. Partner Nath & Associates Professional Limited Liability Company, Washington and Reno, 2003—2007, Holland & Hart LLP, Reno, since 2007. Chief legal and intellectual property officer, executive vice president StarGuide Digital Networks, Inc., Reno, 1996-2003.

Member Ian Burns & Associates, Professional Corporation, Reno, 1998-2003. Of counsel Pauley, Petersen, Kinne & Fejer, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 1998-2002. Lecturer engineering law Northwestern University of Technology Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1985, adjunct professor engineering law, 1985-1990.

Lecturer patent law and appellate practice John Marshall Law School, 1991-1993, adjunct professor patent law and appellate advocacy, 1993-2000. Member faculty National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, 1998-2000. Member alumni board mechanical and industrial engineering department University Illinois, Urbana, since 1996.

Lecturer University Nevada, Reno, since 2003.

Works

• Other Work

  • The Muncie Gear Doctrine and the Effect of Section 132 Upon It," Loyola University Law Journal, Chicago, August 1980. Lecturer in Law, Northwestern University Technological Institute, 1981-1984. Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering, Northwestern University Technological Institute, 1985-1989.

Membership

Board directors Washoe Association Retarded Citizens, Reno, since 1997, secretary, 2001, 1st vice president, 2002-2003. Member American Bar Association, Federal Circuit Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Association Chicago, Licensing Executives Society, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Pi Mu, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Joanne Kay Holata, November 5, 1983.

Father:

Donald Thomas Ryan

Mother:

Patricia J. (Collins) Ryan

Spouse:

Joanne Kay Holata