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Ryan Locke represents people who have been injured and people who have been unfairly convicted from his office in Atlanta. Formerly a public defender, Ryan uses the same passion and relentless advocacy for his clients today. Ryan is also an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law; hosts a podcast about appellate practice called Georgia Appellate Review; and maintains comprehensive legal resources on his website for lawyers and the public, such as his guide for using the HITECH Act to get cheap medical records and his guide for people to change their name and gender in Georgia government documents.
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
Adjunct Professor of Law Emory University School of Law
Year: 2014 - Current
Description: I am an adjunct professor of law for the Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques, a seven-day program for all second-year students modeled after the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's program for teaching practicing lawyers.
Attorney Goodman McGuffey
Year: 2012 - 2013
Description: I represented insurance companies in insurance coverage and liability matters in state and federal courts throughout the United States.
Staff Attorney Office of the Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit
Year: 2010 - 2012
Description: Managed all aspects of defense of juveniles charged with felony, misdemeanor, and status offenses by interviewing and counseling the juvenile and family; fact-finding through formal and informal discovery by motions practice and by directing a team of investigators; analyzing facts to develop strategies and arguments; preparing witnesses for motions hearings, trial, and sentencing hearings; orchestrating effective rehabilitative solutions with state and county agencies; and representing juveniles at probable cause hearings, motions hearings, and trial. Managed criminal appeals before the Court of Appeals and Georgia Supreme Court by reviewing trial transcripts for appellate issues; researching law; analyzing potential issues to determine the probable outcome; developing strategies and arguments; investigating the underlying facts; filing and arguing motions for new trial; writing briefs; and preparing and delivering oral arguments
American Association of Justice (Current)
Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association (Current)
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Current)
Resetting the Doomsday Clock: Is it Constitutional for Laches to Bar a Copyright Infringement Claim within the Statute of Limitations? Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal (2009)
Georgia Trend Magazine 2018.0
The Order of Barristers 2010.0
Georgia Super Lawyers 2018.0
University of Richmond B.A. (2007) | Rhetoric & Communications Studies; Psychology
Year: 2004 - 2007
Honors: The Lexicon Award, a departmental honor Activities: Mock Trial Team, University Speech Center consultant, Rhetoric teaching assistant
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia J.D. (2010) | Law
Year: 2007 - 2010
Honors: The Order of Barristers Activities: Pupil, Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court, Editor, Journal of Intellectual Property Law
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