Ryan P. McBride

Shareholder | Seattle | 206.223.7962 | mcbrider@lanepowell.com

Areas of Practice

Ryan McBride focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and class action litigation and appeals. He has represented clients in a variety of antitrust, securities, health care, regulatory and business disputes in both state and federal court. Ryan has also handled numerous appellate matters in the Washington Court of Appeals, Washington Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and has authored several articles on appellate advocacy.

Professional Experience

• Heller Ehrman L.L.P. (Menlo Park, CA & Seattle, WA)
• Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff L.L.P. (Cleveland, OH)

Admitted to Practice

• Washington
• California
• Ohio

Academics

• The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1997)
  • Order of the Coif
• University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993)

Practice Group and Specialty Team Membership

• Appellate
• Litigation
• Long Term Care and Seniors Housing Client Service Team

Publications

• “Can I Challenge an Arbitration Award in Court?” Puget Sound Business Journal ADR and Litigation Q&A Column Titled “Ask the Legal Professionals” (October 28, 2011)
• “The Right to Appeal – Use it or Lose it: Immediately Appealing the Denial of a Motion to Compel Arbitration in Washington State Courts,” Bar News, Washington State Bar Association (June 2009)
• “How To Write, Edit, and Review Persuasive Briefs: Seven Guidelines From One Judge and Two Lawyers,” Bar News, Washington State Bar Association (November 2008); Seattle University Law Review (Spring 2008)
• “A Guide to Appellate Motions on the Merits,” Bar Bulletin, King County Bar Association (December 2007)

Representative Matters

• V&E Medical Imaging Services, Inc. v. Birgh, 2010 WL 4402333 (Wn. App. 2010) (affirming jury verdict and attorneys’ fee award on breach of fiduciary duty and consumer protection claims)
• Nail v. Consolidated Resources Health Care Fund I, 155 Wn. App. 227, 229 P.3d 885 (2010) (reversing order denying arbitration in claim against nursing facility)
• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp., 2010 WL 598766 (Wn. App. 2010) (reversing summary judgment in insurance coverage dispute)
• Ott v. Ingenix, Inc., 333 Fed.Appx. 342, 2009 WL 3416067 (9th Cir. 2009) (affirming summary judgment dismissal of Lanham Act claim)
• Newberry v. Fiberglass Structural Engineering Inc., 298 Fed.Appx. 615, 2008 WL 4817106 (9th Cir. 2008) (affirming summary judgment dismissal of defamation claim)
• Amaker v. King County et al., 540 F.3d 1012 (9th Cir. 2008) (affirming summary judgment dismissal of invasion of privacy and civil conspiracy claims and certifying other claims to Washington Supreme Court)
• Biwot v. Gonzales, 403 F.3d 1094 (9th Cir. 2005) (reversing order of deportation in pro bono immigration appeal)
• Washington Health Care Association v. Dreyfus, 2009 WL 2432005 (W.D. Wash. 2009) (order granting injunction preventing State of Washington from enforcing state nursing facility Medicaid reimbursement rate cut on Supremacy Clause grounds)
• Washington Health Care Association v. Arnold-Williams, 601 F.Supp.2d 1224 (W.D. Wash. 2009) (order invalidating state boarding home statute on constitutional grounds)
• Steele v. Extendicare Health Services, Inc., 607 F.Supp.2d 1226 (W.D. Wash. 2009) (order dismissing class action consumer protection act claims against nursing facility)
• Bernstein vs. Extendicare Health Services, Inc., 607 F.Supp.2d 1027 (D. Minn. 2009) & 653 F.Supp.2d 939 (D. Minn 2009) (orders dismissing class action consumer protection act claims against nursing facility)