Ryan Watson Email & Phone Number

I have more than 15 years of experience as a lawyer focusing on appellate litigation and high-stakes cases that challenge regulatory actions. My cases often involve constitutional law, statutory interpretation, and administrative law.I am a former law clerk at the United States Supreme Court. I have successfully briefed cases in the United States Supreme Court and have argued in federal appellate courts and district court. I frequently work on matters involving proposed or final actions by federal regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), and I also develop creative legal strategies and comment submissions to regulatory agencies. I argued a successful First Amendment challenge to FDA's graphic warnings rule, which would have required large graphic warnings with disturbing images on cigarette packages and advertising. Additionally, I helped to obtain an appellate ruling that stayed an FDA marketing denial order and to persuade another court to invalidate FDA's pre-approval requirements for many changes to labels and brand names.In addition, I served as principal brief-writer in a successful appeal involving novel technology issues and foreign sovereign immunity, helped Michael Jackson's estate prevail on appeal, and provided appellate representation to immigrants fleeing persecution. I also have contributed to successful merits briefing in Supreme Court cases and have co-written influential amicus briefs to the Supreme Court.I speak about the Supreme Court, moot advocates for Supreme Court cases, am a member of the Messiah University Law Professionals Council, and previously served as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School.