Ryan M. Furniss - Saint Louis, MO

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
    Honors: Honorable Joseph H. Goldenhersh Endowed Scholar
    Honors: Legislative Fellow, U.S. Senate
    Honors: Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Finalist
    Honors: Washington University National Moot Court Team

• Non Legal Education

  • McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois
    Bachelor of Arts
    Major: History
    Minor: Philosophy

Pro Bono Activities

• Young Friends Council of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Board Member of the McKendree University Alumni Association

Published Works

Articles

• “Pulling Out all the Estoppels: Defeating Bogus Bankruptcy Judicial Estoppel Arguments.” American Association for Justice Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 1, Fall 2009
  
• “Establishing a Valid Guilty Plea in the International Criminal Tribunals: The Erdemovic Case.” Collected student papers from 2002: Seminar in International Legal Process: The Jurisprudence of the ICTY and ICTR, pp. 75-124
  

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 2003
• Illinois, 2004
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio