Ryan Caughey is a first-chair trial lawyer who has consistently been recognized as one of America’s leading litigators. He was named a Plaintiffs Lawyer Trailblazer by the National Law Journal and one of 50 Texas Trailblazers by the Texas Lawyer. He is recognized by Best Lawyers in America as one of the nation’s top commercial litigators, and he is included on Lawdragon’s inaugural list of America’s Top 500 Litigators. He has been perennially named one of the country’s top litigators under the age of 40 (2018 – 2022; Benchmark Litigation) and one of America’s 500 leading Plaintiff’s Financial Lawyers (2020 – 2022; Lawdragon).Ryan’s results speak for themselves. Last year, Ryan was the co-lead trial lawyer in a 5-week jury trial that resulted in a more-than $42 million judgment for his client Linde Engineering North America, in addition to more than $22 million in pretrial recoveries. Ryan’s team also defeated more than $40 million in counterclaims.That was just one of Ryan’s multimillion-dollar jury verdicts, and in total he has recovered more than $800 million for his clients. On the defense side, Ryan has represented clients facing billions of dollars of potential exposure. His wins have been reported in The Wall Street Journal, the Houston Chronicle, Texas Lawyer, Law360, and other leading publications.Ryan’s client list is wide-ranging. While he regularly represents some of the world’s largest companies—such as Chevron and Walmart—he has also won courtroom victories and valuable settlements for small businesses and individuals. Ryan typically represents his clients on a fixed fee, contingency fee, or other alternative fee arrangement.Ryan has particular experience in the areas of antitrust and competition, technology and trade secrets, construction, oil and gas, environmental, and business and partnership disputes. Ryan also handles federal and state appeals.