Ryan J. Duplechin

Ryan Duplechin joined Beasley Allen in 2015 and became a principal in 2023. He focuses his practice on complex product liability litigation involving prescription drugs, medical devices, and consumer products.

Ryan has earned numerous professional honors, including the Alabama State Bar President’s Award, Birmingham Business Journal’s 40 Under 40, Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon’s 500 X: The Next Generation, Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Stars, and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. He has authored articles published in legal journals and publications, including the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School, and was the first to examine the application of products liability law to self-driving vehicle hacking in an article published by Tennessee Law Review.

Ryan has worked on complex litigation involving joint replacements, dietary supplements, prescription drugs, and other consumer products. He serves on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the GLP-1 multidistrict litigation pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in the GLP-1 Vision Loss MDL. He also served on the Discovery Committee in the acetaminophen MDL in the Southern District of New York. In addition, Ryan has handled litigation involving kratom products and has argued matters in federal and state courts, including before the Alabama Supreme Court and New Jersey Supreme Court.

Ryan is active in local, state, and national bar organizations. He is the Immediate Past President of the Alabama State Bar Young Lawyers Section and a graduate of the Alabama State Bar’s Leadership Forum. He serves as Past President of the Emerging Leaders Board for the Alabama Association for Justice and is active in the American Association for Justice, including its Preemption Law Litigation Group and GLP-1 Litigation Group. Ryan was also elected President of the Birmingham Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section and will serve as President in 2027.

A Birmingham native, Ryan enjoys traveling, golf, tennis, college football, and spending time with his wife, Kara, and their Bernedoodles, Harper and Sloane. He also volunteers with youth legal and athletic programs in his community.

Education

Ryan earned his bachelor’s degree from Florida State University in 2013 and his J.D. from Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in 2017. While in law school, he was a member of the Faulkner Law Review and the Board of Advocates, where he developed the advocacy and analytical skills that continue to serve him in complex litigation.

Licenses

• Alabama (2017)

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