M. Colleen Ryan
M. Colleen Ryan is an associate at Hayes Scott Bonino Ellingson & McLay, LLP where her practice focuses on appellate and commercial litigation. Her past experience includes work with the Ninth Circuit Staff Attorneys' Office in San Francisco and a Fellowship at the Panetta Institute with now-CIA Director Leon Panetta.
Colleen is licensed to practice before all courts of the State of California and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Colleen received her J.D. from Santa Clara Law, where she participated in the ABA Appellate Moot Court Competition in Brooklyn, New York and won the CALI Award for Labor Law. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with Distinction from the University of Washington.
Colleen is a member of the San Mateo County Bar Association and Santa Clara County Bar Association.
Areas of Practice
- Appellate
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Bad Faith Cases
- Professional Liability
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Education
- Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California
- J.D.
- Honors: ABA Appellate Moot Court Competition in Brooklyn, New York
- Honors: CALI Award for Labor Law
- University of Washington
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Honors: With Distinction
Honors and Awards
- Fellowship, Panetta Institute
Professional Associations and Memberships
- San Mateo County Bar Association, Member
