Frank W. Ryan

The long list of high-profile clients Frank has counseled includes Disney, ABC, TomTom, Pac-12, Nike, ESPN, beIN Media Group, Al Jazeera, Medtronic, ConMed and significant matters related to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The Legal 500 United States

• Recommended, Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing), (2019 – 2021)
• Recommended, Trademarks: Litigation, (2018 – 2021)
• Recommended, Technology: Transactions, (2017 – 2018)
• Recommended, Telecoms & Broadcast: Transactional, (2017)
• Recommended, Sport, (2014 – 2016)

The Legal 500 comments, "Other key figures include New York-based Global Co-chair Frank Ryan, an expert in high-stakes litigation..." They also comment, "...Frank Ryan in New York co-chairs the IP and tech practice and focuses on litigation, and other IP matters in the sports, media and entertainment sectors."

• Panelist, "The State of the Global Legal Industry," Thomson Reuters 17th Annual Legal Executive Briefing, May 11, 2022
• Speaker, "Reinventing Business and Talent Models," Thomson Reuters Strategy Board Meeting, May 4, 2022
• Panelist, "What's Next: Law firm leaders and industry experts discuss law firm office trends in the wake of the pandemic," Savills Legal Tenant, February 24, 2021
• Panelist, "The 2020 Legal Executive Briefing Webinar Series: The State of the Global Legal Industry," Thomson Reuters, December 10, 2020

• "DLA Piper Surpasses $4B in Revenue, Nears 5K Lawyers as Firm Strives to Expand in Key Areas," The American Lawyer, March 31, 2025
• "3 Issues Managing Partners Are Watching Heading Into 2024," Law360, January 1, 2024
• "DLA Piper Chair: From Student Athlete To Sports Strategist," Law 360 Pulse, November 3, 2023
• "'We Know Who We Are': Frank Ryan Reelected DLA Piper's Americas Leader," The American Lawyer, November 1, 2023
• "The Evolving Role of Big Law Leadership," The American Lawyer, July 24, 2023
• "Big Law falls out of fashion with idealistic Gen Z," Financial Times, May 10, 2023
• "GPT-4 Is Here. Casetext's CoCounsel Already Brought It to Legal," LegalTech News, March 14, 2023
• "DLA Piper, Announcing Leadership Changes, Creates Advisory Role for Strategy and Performance," The American Lawyer, July 18, 2022
• "DLA Piper vice chair takes up strategic role amid US leadership shake up," Global Legal Post, July 18, 2022
• "DLA Piper Promotes New Slate Of Leaders," Law 360 Pulse, July 18, 2022
• "DLA Piper Names John Gilluly Transactional Practice Vice Chair," Bloomberg Law, July 18, 2022
• "DLA Piper Makes Changes to US Leadership Team," Web Ring Net, July 18, 2022
• "Demand in Tech, Life Sciences Drives DLA Piper's 10.8% Revenue Growth," The American Lawyer, April 6, 2022
• "DLA Piper's First Chief Strategy Officer, a Big 4 Vet, Wants the Firm Doing 'More' for Clients," The American Lawyer, September 27, 2021
• "DLA Piper's 8.8% Jump in Profits Bolstered by US Growth," The American Lawyer, March 22, 2021
• "DLA Piper Restructures Its Management Team to Support Single Chair Model," The American Lawyer, March 12, 2021
• "DLA Piper Forms New Management Team After Strong 2020," Law360, March 9, 2021
• "DLA Piper's New Chair Wants His Giant Firm to Get Even Bigger," Bloomberg Law, February 23, 2021
• "DLA Piper's Frank Ryan Is Bringing a 'Growth Mindset' to the Busiest Lateral Market He's Ever Seen," The American Lawyer, January 28, 2021

• Board of Trustees for Syracuse University College of Law
• Member of the Legal Services Corporation's Leaders Council
• Member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council
• Member of the Thomson Reuters' Global Strategy Board