Ryan Rainey

Litigation guidance for complex commercial disputes

Ryan Rainey maintains a broad litigation practice focusing on complex contractual litigation, especially disputes in the health care, commercial real estate and financial sectors. He also handles regulatory enforcement and government investigations, including consumer protection, insurance licensure international trade and housing matters

Before Quarles, Ryan worked as a Washington, D.C.-based journalist covering Congress and the executive branch, with a focus on financial regulation and international trade. He believes in unapologetically asking every question necessary to get to the heart of a matter, whether it involves esoteric economic concepts or the complicated inner workings of an industrial machine.  He is active in the firm’s pro bono efforts, assisting with litigation issues facing nonprofits and individuals throughout Wisconsin.

• Won summary judgment in a Wisconsin regulatory enforcement action involving a third-party administrator’s license, which led to the issuance of a previously denied license renewal.
• Won summary judgment in the defense of a federal breach of contract matter involving the automobile manufacturing supply chain.
• Assisted with the successful representation of a financial professional at a complex arbitration hearing relating to the sale of a financial advisory practice. Won a motion to dismiss a claim under Wisconsin’s deceptive trade practices statute.
• Secured a contested default judgment on behalf of a real estate investment trust in a major industrial lease dispute.