The Ryan Firm, APC was formed in July of 2004 by Timothy Ryan with attorneys Andrew Mase and Rosty Gore becoming shareholders in 2024.  Attorney Mase serves as the Managing Attorney for the firm and spearheads the firm’s appellate practice.  Mr. Mase ensures that each of our firm’s clients receive the focus and creative thinking for which The Ryan Firm is known.  As Trial Team Manager, Attorney Gore works with all Ryan Firm attorneys in case preparation so that when the time comes to answer “ready” for trial, the client’s likelihood of success is maximized. 

We assist financial institutions, loan servicers, lenders, property managers, foreclosure trustees, foreclosure buyers, real estate developers and investors in all manner of litigation – from hotly contested high-value evictions, partnership disputes, to wrongful foreclosure defense, mortgage servicing defense (state statutes and TILA, HOEPA, and RESPA both as individual claims, and class actions), foreclosure challenges, and declaratory relief actions.  Additionally, The Ryan Firm serves as quasi-in-house litigation counsel for mid-sized companies to manage litigation across the United States.  The Ryan Firm is admitted to practice in both California and Nevada – and practices before nearly every state, federal, and bankruptcy court.

 The Firm specializes in creating risk for plaintiffs to give our defendant clients a measure of control in cases wherein they would otherwise simply be reacting to the strategy of the plaintiff using unconventional litigation strategies to eliminate matters at the earliest opportunity.

    Initial case assessments and evaluations are completed for our clients to provide realistic assessments of costs versus benefits of different litigation strategies.  We have found that providing a thorough and realistic assessment allows our clients – at the outset – to weigh all options before consuming their litigation budgets.

    Our firm has mastered the new realities of the California eviction landscape and provides expert guidance for every municipal jurisdiction in the state.  We have recovered well over $100,000,000 in trophy properties for our clients in nearly every prestigious zip code in California, including in Venice, Santa Monica, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Malibu, Hollywood, Newport Coast, Villa Park, Anaheim Hills, the Presidio, and West Los Angeles.  We specialize in high risk / high value evictions with Shareholder Rosty Gore obtaining $1,000,000 damages judgment in a recent Malibu eviction.  

    When litigation migrates into bankruptcy court, you can be confident that there is no better firm than The Ryan Firm.  From obtaining a defense verdict in a $15,000,000 action brought by a bankruptcy trustee’s assignee against a Ryan Firm client, to successfully fighting off trustee challenges to our client’s multi-million dollar interest in a Beverly Hills residence, or wresting a $20,000,000 Malibu property from the protections of the bankruptcy court – The Ryan Firm is respected by both the Bankruptcy Bar, and the Bankruptcy Bench. 

     The Ryan Firm appellate practice has a nearly unblemished record, with several reversals to its credit.  A notable matter in the Firm’s appellate history is Secrest v. SN Servicing, (167 Cal.App.4th 544) wherein the Firm’s advocacy yielded a decision that forced an update to California real estate treatises and required noted treatise Miller & Starr on Real Estate to reverse its guidance on a key issue.  Most recently, Attorneys Mike Stoltzman and Andrew Mase led the charge to ensure that post-foreclosure evictions could not be stayed by a borrower simply recording a lis pendens in Taptelis v. Homeward Opportunities Fund I Trust 2019-2.  In 2023, Shareholder Andrew Mase’s efforts reversed a multi- million dollar punitive damages judgment. 

Who Are We?

     We are committed litigators, who absolutely love what we do – solving problems for clients and finding litigation leverage where none seems to exist.  We are:

 Timothy M. Ryan,  Shareholder and Founder, admitted to practice in 1995

 Andrew J. Mase, Shareholder and Managing Attorney, admitted to practice in 2014 (licensed in CA and NV.)

Rosty G. Gore, Shareholder and Trial Team Manager, admitted to practice in 2011

Michael W. Stoltzman, admitted to practice in 2009 (licensed in CA and NV.)

Katherine K. Meleski, admitted to practice in 2004

Steven L. Rader, admitted to practice in 1997

Matthew H. Aguirre, admitted to practice in 2010

William M. Brockschmidt, admitted to practice in 1996

Paul J. Kurtzhall, admitted to practice in 2009

Christopher Kiernan, admitted to practice in 2018

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