Byron Ruby

With dual expertise in litigation and strategic advising, Byron's practice areas include complex business and intellectual property disputes, securities law, and environmental and constitutional law issues, including First Amendment law and the Anti-SLAPP Act. Byron graduated summa cum laude from U.C. Berkeley. He holds a joint J.D.-Masters from Yale University and Harvard Law School, where he earned multiple Dean Scholar’s awards and graduated with Latin Honors. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable John W. Holcomb, United States District Court for the Central District of California, and externed with the Honorable Jeffrey Meyer, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. He has also worked for the State Department, the DOJ, legal non-profits, McKinsey & Co., and DLA Piper. He has published legal scholarship on the First and Eleventh Amendments. Byron’s prior experience advising Fortune 500 companies and other AmLaw Global Top 15 law firms gives him a well-honed ability to manage the most complex problems, as well as broad insight into the efficient delivery of legal services.