Admiralty and Maritime Law Commercial Litigation Construction Law Litigation - Construction
W. Ryan Snow
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Ryan is the 2024 President of the Virginia Bar Association. He handles high-stakes litigation with a focus on complex business disputes, construction law, and maritime law. He also serves as local counsel in the Eastern District of Virginia in patent and other cases. He was managing partner from 2012 to 2020.
Ryan’s experience includes state and federal jury trials, mediations, panel arbitrations, and appeals. His cases involve business conspiracies, technology disputes, government contracts, marine construction, maritime claims, indemnity claims, and injunctions, among others. Ryan successfully argued one of the seminal financial tracing cases in the Virginia Supreme Court and was co-counsel in one of the largest patent cases tried to jury verdict in Norfolk federal court.
Ryan is listed in Best Lawyers in America® and has been selected a Virginia Legal Elite in four categories. He is a past President of the I’Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court and a past Chair of the Construction & Public Contracts section of the Virginia Bar Association.
Overview
- Washington and Lee University, J.D., graduated 2001
- Virginia, Virginia State Bar
- Virginia State Bar - (Construction Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections)
- Virginia Bar Association - (136th President; Past Chair, Construction & Public Contracts Law Section)
- I'Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court - Past President
- Federal Bar Association - Member
- Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association - Member (Past Chair, CLE Committee)
- Hampton Roads Utility & Heavy Contractors Association (HRUHCA) - Member
- Associated of General Contractors of Virginia (AGC) - Member
- Virginia Supreme Court
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
- United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
- Virginia, Virginia State Bar
- Virginia State Bar - (Construction Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections)
- Virginia Bar Association - (136th President; Past Chair, Construction & Public Contracts Law Section)
- I'Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court - Past President
- Federal Bar Association - Member
- Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association - Member (Past Chair, CLE Committee)
- Hampton Roads Utility & Heavy Contractors Association (HRUHCA) - Member
- Associated of General Contractors of Virginia (AGC) - Member
- Washington and Lee University, J.D., graduated 2001
- Virginia Supreme Court
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
- United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Construction Law, Norfolk (2025)
- Litigation - Construction, Norfolk (2025)
- Litigation - Construction, Norfolk (2023)
- Construction Law, Norfolk (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation - Construction
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Appellate Practice
- Arbitration
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Franchise Law
- Government Contracts
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Mediation
- Railroad Law
- Technology Law
- Transportation Law
Special Focus:
- Commercial Litigation
Awards:
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
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