Colby Ryan

Personal Introduction

Virtus Law Group, LLP founding partner Colby J. Ryan, originally from Las Vegas, NV, moved to San Diego to attend law school shortly after graduating early from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality Management. Mr. Ryan obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from California Western School of Law, during which time he was recognized for his advocacy capabilities that he developed as a member of the CWSL Mock Trial team, receiving the CALI Academic Excellence Award in Evidence Advocacy, the Distinguished Advocate Award, and the Gordon & Holmes Oral Advocacy Scholarship. During his time in law school, Mr. Ryan was a law clerk for three separate semesters for the Office of the Public Defender in San Diego, working in the Central Felony Division, Juvenile Delinquency Division, and Central Misdemeanor Division. While in the Juvenile Delinquency Division, Colby himself was tasked to be lead trial counsel as an intern for a Penal Code section 245(a)(4) prosecution. After graduating law school, Mr. Ryan was hired as a graduate law clerk for the Office of the Public Defender in San Diego, where he continued to work with indigent clients with desperate legal circumstances. Following his clerkship, Colby founded both the Law Offices of Colby J. Ryan, and then shortly thereafter, Jones Ryan Trial Attorneys, where he continued to assist dozens in the San Diego community at both the state and federal level. In addition to servicing his retained clients, Mr. Ryan also serves as a Panel Attorney for the Office of Assigned Counsel, a branch of the Office of the Public Defender in San Diego, where he helps represent indigent clients with charges ranging from misdemeanors to Class IV felonies. Colby feels he's at his best in trial, where his recent trials include a 2022 acquittal of a two-count felony complaint and defending a client in a seven-week first degree murder with three special circumstances trial. Mr. Ryan is admitted to practice law in the states of California and Nevada, and is also admitted to practice in the Federal District Courts for the Southern and Central District of California.