W. Ryan Snow
Ryan handles high-stakes litigation with a focus on complex business disputes. He also serves as local counsel in the Eastern District of Virginia in patent and other intellectual property cases. He was managing partner from 2012 until 2020.
Ryan’s experience includes state and federal jury trials, mediations, panel arbitrations, and appeals. His cases involve business conspiracies, antitrust claims, IP litigation, technology disputes, indemnity claims, injunctions, franchise disputes, and construction and government contract claims, among others. Ryan successfully argued one of the seminal constructive trust cases in the Virginia Supreme Court and was co-counsel in one of the largest patent cases tried to jury verdict in Norfolk federal court.
Ryan is listed in Best Lawyers in America® and has been selected a Virginia Legal Elite in four categories. He is on the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association, a past Chair of the Construction & Public Contracts Law Section, a member of the IP Section of the Virginia State Bar, and a former President of the I’Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court.
Ryan’s experience includes state and federal jury trials, mediations, panel arbitrations, and appeals. His cases involve business conspiracies, antitrust claims, IP litigation, technology disputes, indemnity claims, injunctions, franchise disputes, and construction and government contract claims, among others. Ryan successfully argued one of the seminal constructive trust cases in the Virginia Supreme Court and was co-counsel in one of the largest patent cases tried to jury verdict in Norfolk federal court.
Ryan is listed in Best Lawyers in America® and has been selected a Virginia Legal Elite in four categories. He is on the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association, a past Chair of the Construction & Public Contracts Law Section, a member of the IP Section of the Virginia State Bar, and a former President of the I’Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court.
Practice Areas
Business DisputesPractice Group ChairConstruction LawPractice Group ChairGovernment ContractingPractice Group ChairAdmiralty and Maritime LawCybersecurity and Data PrivacyIntellectual PropertyLitigationLocal Counsel RepresentationRailroad and Transit Law
Business & Industries
Business Owners
Developers, Project Owners
Equipment & Material Suppliers
Financial Institutions
Heavy Construction Companies
Intellectual Property Owners
Marine Construction Companies
Railroads, Shipping Companies
Technology Companies
Honors & Awards
Virginia Super Lawyers, Business Litigation (2013 - 2019); Top 100 (2014)