Ryan J. Duplechin

Professional Associations

Ryan is a member of the Alabama State Bar, where he currently serves on the Helping Heroes in Healthcare Task Force, as Co-Chair of the Membership Relations Task Force and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Young Lawyers Section.  He is also a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, American Association for Justice where he serves on the Publications Committee for the New Lawyers Division and the Preemption Law Litigation Group. Ryan is a member of  the Alabama Association for Justice, where he is on the Amicus Curiae Committee; the Montgomery Volunteer Lawyers Program, American Inns of Court, Hugh Maddox Chapter and the Federal Bar Association. He is  also a team member of the State Rules Project for the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM).  EDRM, in partnering with Duke Law School’s Center for Judicial Studies, is a global organization that provides best practices and standards in e-discovery.

Publications

Ryan has published law review articles in Tennessee Law Review and Faulkner Law Review.  His article featured in Tennessee Law Review was the first to predict how products liability law would apply if someone hacked a self-driving car.  He also authored a piece on the opioid litigation and FDA clinical trials for the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.

Ryan’s publications have been cited in legal treatises and other national law journals, including American Law of Products Liability, Owen & Davis on Products Liability, Boston University Law Review, University of Kansas Law Review, Kentucky Law Journal, and NYU Law Review.  He has also been quoted by the Associated Press (AP) and American Association for Justice’s Trial Magazine.

Community Involvement

Ryan was a volunteer coach of the Saint James School trial team. His team competed in the YMCA Youth Judicial, a statewide high school mock trial competition held at the Federal courthouse. He is also a member of the YMCA Boys Work Committee, which is a group of young professionals in Montgomery who raise money for youth football.

Ryan was born in Birmingham, Alabama, while his father was in law school. He grew up in Niceville, Florida. Ryan enjoys spending time with his family and friends, playing golf and visiting the beaches of the Florida panhandle.