About William Ryan
William "Billy" Ryan is a Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and handles workers' compensation, personal injury, employment law, and wage and hour violations. He is also a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator. He has been included in the Super Lawyers list and Best Lawyers in America. After earning his undergraduate degree in history from the University of Tennessee, he studied law at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He is licensed to practice in Tennessee, Mississippi, the United States Supreme Court, the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Mississippi Supreme Court, the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Notable case results
On brief with Don Donati and Bryce Ashby; Sixth Circuit reversed summary judgment in racial harassment and retaliation case, establishing joint employer liability theory
For cable installers misclassified as independent contractors
For class of cable installers denied overtime pay
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
