Ryan W. Smith

Ryan W. Smith utilizes his decades of legal experience to help clients maneuver through commercial disputes with discipline, responsiveness, and civility. He works to avoid litigation and efficiently approach matters for clients including executives, privately-held businesses, family offices, partnerships, and real estate investors. His commercial litigation experience includes a range of sensitive commercial matters, including disputes related to business partner break-ups or breaches in fiduciary duty, investment property portfolios, family trusts, inheritance, and fraud or real estate mismanagement matters. He also has experience in high-profile litigation involving private wealth disputes, fiduciary litigation, business succession, and partnership disputes as well as litigation involving trusts, estates, and conservatorships.

Ryan possesses significant experience working on pre-lawsuit internal and government investigations related to compliance issues, engaging forensic accountants and other specialty consultants, and has handled a series of cases with a securities component.

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Real Estate, 2026