Jody Perkins Ryan is primarily responsible for the Firm’s business litigation practice. Ms. Ryan also handles employment and workers’ compensation issues and provides support to the Firm’s Internet law practice. Ms. Ryan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Business from Muskingum College. She also attended the University de Nancy in Nancy, France, sponsored by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania as well as American University where she participated in the Washington Semester Program studying criminal justice. Ms. Ryan graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1990 where she was active in several international law activities. Ms. Ryan was appointed to the Jessup International Law Moot Court Team acting as Team Coordinator. After law school, she joined the law firm of Willacy, Lopresti & Marcovy as a litigation associate where she gained significant experience in workers’ compensation, civil trial and appellate defense litigation. Ms. Ryan was thereafter associated with Roderick, Myers & Linton in Akron, Ohio practicing business litigation. Ms. Ryan is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Women in the Profession Section and the Cleveland Bar Association's Litigation, Labor and Employment Sections.