Daniel J. Ryan, Attorney and Counselor at Law, is a full-service law firm in general practice. Founded in 1984, the firm is located in Annapolis, Maryland. Because the firm is small, it specializes in personalized service and concentrates on providing comprehensive support to businesses and individuals. Practice areas include:

• Business Law

  Choosing the legal form for your business: sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation.

  Buying a business or creating a new enterprise

  Naming the business and its products

  Buying, selling, manufacturing and storing products

  Licenses and permits you will need

  Financing the business

  Insuring the business

  Employees and employment law

  Benefits and retirement plans

  Cash, checks and credit

  Business contracts

  Resolving legal disputes arising out of business relationships

  Selling your business (asset sales or stock sales)

• Corporate Representation in Washington, D. C.

  Tapping Washington’s "information rich" environment for you

  Identification and monitoring of issues of interest to your Company

  Tracking legislation and regulations

  Ensuring the accurate, reliable flow of information between your Company and the Government

  Developing and maintaining access

• Tax Matters

  Tax planning

  Tax return preparation

  Representation before the I.R.S. and the United States Tax Court

• Family Matters

  Marriage and prenuptial agreements

  Wills, living wills, durable powers of attorney, estates and trusts

  Separation, divorce, alimony, child support and custody, visitation

  Elder law

Dan Ryan is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland. His degree of Juris Doctor followed Masters degrees in Business from California State University and in Mathematics from the University of Maryland, and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Tulane University. While in law school, he served as a member of the staff and then Associate Editor for the school’s Law Review, and for two years served as a member of the Moot Court Board. He received the Bridgewater M. Arnold Prize in Commercial Paper, and American Jurisprudence Awards in Commercial Paper and in Contracts. He is a member of the Maryland State Bar and the Bar of the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice before the Federal District Court in Maryland, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Supreme Court. He teaches Engineering Law and Internet and On-Line Law for George Washington University in Washington, D. C.

With a career spanning thirty years in government, private industry and law, Dan has a wealth of experience upon which to draw in creating innovative solutions to clients’ legal problems.

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Revised February 2001.