Ryan Locke

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.

University System of Georgia - University of Georgia

J.D. (2010) | Law

2007 - 2010

Honors: The Order of Barristers

Activities: Pupil, Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court; Editor, Journal of Intellectual Property Law

University of Richmond

B.A. (2007) | Rhetoric & Communications Studies; Psychology

2004 - 2007

Honors: The Lexicon Award, a departmental honor

Activities: Mock Trial Team, University Speech Center consultant, Rhetoric teaching assistant

Adjunct Professor of Law

Emory University School of Law

2014 - Current

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

2012 - 2013

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

2010 - 2012

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

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

Using HIPAA and HITECH to get medical records

September 10, 2018

Schenk Smith

http://nursinghomeabusepodcast.libsyn.com/episode-82-care-plan-documents-in-georgia-nursing-homes

Outstanding achievement in Socratic method--Member of the class whose performance in Socratic dialogue entertained us the most

University of Georgia School of Law

Rising Star

Georgia Super Lawyers

2018

Legal Elite

Georgia Trend Magazine

2018

The Order of Barristers

The Order of Barristers

2010

Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Current

Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association

Current

American Association of Justice

Current

Georgia

11th Circuit

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