Overview

Ryan Hurley is a business litigator who advises clients during antitrust, health care, trade secrets and contract disputes. Ryan has litigated class actions and multidistrict litigation proceedings, and he has first- and second- chair trial and arbitration experience.

Antitrust Work

Ryan represents clients in litigation involving allegations of price-fixing, group boycotts, predatory pricing and monopolization, including significant experience in multidistrict price-fixing disputes

As a complement to his litigation practice, Ryan provides clients with antitrust counseling and training to avoid or mitigate litigation exposure.

Commercial Litigation

Ryan represents clients, particularly in the health care and food and agribusiness industries, in commercial litigation involving:
  • Breach of contract claims
  • Business torts
  • ERISA
  • Fraud
  • Misappropriation of trade secrets

Related Legal Services

Related Topics

Credentials

Bar Admissions

Indiana

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Education

Indiana University Maurer School of Law
J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Indiana Law Journal (managing editor) (2003)

Indiana University, Bloomington
B.A. (2000)

Insights & Events

Leadership & Community

Pro Bono

  • Bet Tzedek Holocaust Survivors Justice Network — Advisory Committee and volunteer lawyer assisting Holocaust survivors
  • Argued Seventh Circuit appeal for pro bono criminal client
  • Eskenazi Medical-Legal Partnership — Assisted family members in obtaining guardianship to make medical decisions for incapacitated adults

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association — Antitrust and Commercial Litigation Sections
  • Indiana State Bar Association — Young Lawyers Section
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
  • Seventh Circuit Bar Association
  • Faegre Baker Daniels Women's Forum for Achievement — Leadership Council, 2012-20

Civic Activities

  • Indianapolis Legal Aid Society — Board of Directors, 2015-present
  • Indianapolis Bar Association — Bar Leader Series VII
  • Noble of Indiana Golf Classic — Organizing Committee, 2007-09
  • Marion County Election Board — Inspector Hotline Operator

Firm Leadership

  • Deputy Co-leader, Litigation Practice Group, 2020-present

Honors

  • Chambers USA — Indiana, General Commercial Litigation, 2015-19, 2021-24
  • Best Lawyers® — Antitrust Law, 2020-25
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2016, 2018
  • Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2016
  • Litigation Counsel of America — Fellow
  • BTI Consulting Group — BTI Client Service All-Star, 2013
  • Indiana Super Lawyers — Rising Star, Antitrust Litigation, 2010-13, 2015-17
  • Indiana Law Journal — Managing Editor
  • Phi Beta Kappa