Kevin V. Ryan

Kevin V. Ryan (born October 24, 1957) is the founding principal of The Law Offices of Kevin V. Ryan and an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Ryan served as both the Director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice and as a Deputy Chief of Staff to Mayor Gavin Newsom for two years.

Prior to his tenure in San Francisco's City Hall, Ryan was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, a Municipal and Superior Court Judge, a Deputy District Attorney and a litigation partner in a notable law firm, Allen Matkins.

Ryan was one of the United States Attorneys who resigned in 2007 in what would be subsequently described by some as a public fiasco at the Department of Justice.

Education and background

Ryan was born in Alberta Canada to the son of an Irish immigrant. He graduated from Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Dartmouth College, and received his Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law.