Ryan M. Goldstein
Ryan Goldstein is a partner in the Austin office of Reid Collins & Tsai LLP. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including actions involving business torts, professional liability, and complex financial transactions. He has litigated and tried cases before state courts, federal courts, and arbitration tribunals across the country, in addition to representing clients in connection with confidential, pre-suit settlements. As part of his professional liability practice, Ryan has pursued legal malpractice claims (often on a confidential basis) against numerous AmLaw 100 firms involving a wide range of alleged misconduct. Ryan also maintains an active pro bono practice, including through the firm’s partnership with the ACLU on the Justice Lab initiative.
Prior to joining the firm, Ryan completed a judicial clerkship for the Honorable Nicholas G. Garaufis in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Before his federal clerkship, Ryan worked as a litigation associate at the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Ryan is admitted to practice in both Texas and New York, and is a member of the Texas Bar Foundation.
Ryan received his J.D., with Highest Honors, from the University of Texas School of Law in 2012, where he was a member and an associate editor of the Texas Law Review. Upon graduation, Ryan was elected Clerk of the Chancellors. Ryan earned his B.A., summa cum laude, from Georgetown University.
In 2023, the National Law Journal named Ryan a Rising Star of the Plaintiffs Bar. Ryan was selected in 2023 and 2024 to Lawdragon’s “500 X – The Next Generation.”
Ryan serves on the Board of Directors of the Capital Area Tennis Association.
Notable Representations:
- Representing Trustee of Insys Liquidation Trust in investigation and pursuit of D&O and fraudulent transfer claims.
- Representing North American Sugar Industries Inc. in pursuit of claims under the Helms-Burton Act.
- Represented Carling O’Brien in arbitration against private equity firm Emerald Lake Capital Management. The case was successfully resolved on confidential terms.
- Secured favorable jury verdict and damages award in favor of client in pro bono civil rights trial against police officer in federal court.
- Successfully represented founder and manager of Delaware limited liability company in governance dispute and judicial dissolution trial.
- Represented a founder of a private equity firm asserting claims against her co-founders for the theft of her ownership interest in the firm. The case settled on confidential terms prior to trial.
- Represented publicly traded company in connection with legal malpractice claim against Am Law 100 firm. The case settled pre-suit on confidential terms.
- Represented individual in connection with legal malpractice claim against Am Law 100 firm. The case settled pre-suit on confidential terms.
- Represented Trustee of a Private Actions Trust pursuing the claims of over 400 victims of a Ponzi scheme against a national life insurance company for securities fraud and the negligent employment of the agents that perpetrated the scheme for over a decade. The case settled on confidential terms prior to summary judgment.
Publications and Speaking Engagements:
- Recipient, Excellence in Public Interest Award, Texas Law Fellowships (2023)
- Panelist, Litigating Claims By Trustees: Avoiding Pitfalls in Litigation and Recurring Legal Issues, ABI (2022)
- Panelist, Evidence and Trial Skills in Bankruptcy, ABI (2021)
- Note, Improving Forensic Science Through State Oversight, 90 Texas L. Rev. 225 (2011)