About Ryan
Ryan has spent over 13 years of his career representing abused and neglected children and has a passion for helping them find safe, permanent homes. Unfortunately, most of what a Circuit Judge does these days are child abuse and neglect cases. Ryan is running for the seat of retiring Circuit Judge Thomas A. Bedell in order to have more tools in his toolbox to help abused and neglected children throughout Harrison County. Unfortunately, due to the drug problems in our county, the numbers of these cases are continuing to increase where a child’s life can literally be at stake. Ryan also has significant civil and criminal court experience, which are the remainder of the types of cases a Circuit Judge decides.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Ryan served in the United States Army in South Korea, Missouri, and here in West Virginia.
In his spare time, Ryan has served as Presidents of the Harrison County Senior Citizens' Center, the Rotary Club Clarksburg, the Harrison County YMCA, and the Kiwanis Club of Clarksburg. Ryan has also served as a Board Member for the North Central West Virginia Alzheimer's' Association and Sacred Heart Children's Center. Ryan has further served as a past officer in Clarksburg's Veterans of Foreign Wars post. He is a member of the American Legion, Clarksburg Lions Club, Harrison County Elks, HOPE for Harrison Lions Club, and Shinnston Moose Lodge.
He is married to the former Laura Corley from Elkins. The couple resides in Clarksburg and raise their four children Henry (17), Marguerite (15), Annabelle (12) and Abigail (9).
