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New York Criminal Defense Lawyer
Overview
Ryan G. Blanch is the founder and managing partner of the Blanch Law Firm, a prominent Manhattan criminal defense firm with an emphasis on cases involving all criminal matters, government investigations, white collar crimes such as fraud and embezzlement, and major felonies, including drug offenses and violent crimes. Over the course of his career, Mr. Blanch and his legal team have represented executives, attorneys, accountants, health care providers, financial industry professionals and other individuals, as well as numerous corporations, in both state and federal criminal investigations, trials and appeals throughout New York and the United States.
Mr. Blanch is a graduate of UCLA (1995) and Southern Methodist University School of Law (1999) who began his career as an attorney at the New York office of a large, nationally recognized law firm. He has since gone on to successfully defend thousands of clients and be listed in Top 100 Trial Attorneys as selected by The National Trial Lawyers. He also achieved a "Superb Rated Attorney" award by AVVO (for which he carries a 10.0 rating) every year since 2011.
Mr. Blanch has also had a number of cases chronicled in various media outlets and is frequently sought for his insights and comments by The New York Times, The New York Post, FOX News Live, The Wall Street Journal, Slate Magazine, the BBC and others.
Ryan Blanch is the managing Partner for The Blanch Law Firm and is licensed in New York. He is admitted Pro Hac Vice on a case-by-case basis with Alana Segal as local California Counsel. Alana Segal is a top-rated California-certified criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, California and has been selected to the 2013-2014 Super lawyers Rising Stars list herself.
About Ryan Blanch
Current Employment Position(s)
- Managing Partner
- Founder
- Lead Attorney
Practice Areas
- Criminal Defense
- Government Investigations
- Major Felonies
- Drug & Violent Crimes
- Criminal Matters
- White Collar Crimes
- Defamation
- Libel
- Slander
- Appeals
Qualifications
Other Affiliations
- New York State Defenders Association (Member)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
- New York State Bar Association (Member)
- New York City Lawyers Association (Member)
- New York County Bar Association (Member)
Classes and Seminars
- Lecturer, Extension of Fourth Amendment Rights to Dwellings of Homeless, Washington, D.C., - 1999
Past Positions
- Los Angeles District Attorneys’ Office, Intern-Prosecutor
- San Francisco District Attorneys’ Office, Intern-Prosecutor
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1999
Juris Doctorate
Honors: Outstanding Service Award, Member
Honors: Criminal Law Moot Court National Champion
Honors: Best Speaker and Best Brief
Honors: Awarded for Superb Dedication
Honors: Criminal Law Society, Member
Honors: Son of Sam Laws, Winner for Article Submission
Law Review: SMU Law Review, Member - University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1995
B.A.
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Rowing Crew
Honors: With Honors
Honors: Daily Bruin Op-Ed Journalist
Major: English
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Articles
Published Works
- Model Brief Regarding Constitutional Standing and Ripeness, 15 PACENVLR 913, 1998
- Drug Program article, UCLA Columnist
Office Information
Address
261 Madison Avenue12th Floor New York, NY 10016
Phone
Fax
- (212) 736-3910
Office Hours
Mon-Fri : 9am – 7pm
Websites
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Ryan Blanch
Honors
- Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, 2014
- Listed in America’s Who’s Who for Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine
- AV “Preeminent” Rated (5.0 out of 5.0), Martindale-Hubbell
- Top 100 Trial Attorney, National Trial Lawyers
- Rated 10.0 'Superb', AVVO
- Top Attorney, American Registry of Business Excellence
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