Ryan Mueller is a commercial litigator who focuses on antitrust and competition matters in complex multiparty, class action, and multidistrict litigations. He has represented clients across a range of industries, including agriculture, education, technology, real estate, consumer credit reporting, and pharmaceuticals.
Ryan's antitrust experience includes defending clients against allegations of bid rigging, price fixing, and monopolization. He has represented one of the nation's largest beef processors through discovery and class certification proceedings, first-chairing depositions of class representatives and corporate representatives of multibillion-dollar companies, leading document review teams, and working closely with experts to oppose class certification. Ryan also has extensive experience managing large-scale electronic discovery efforts and negotiating favorable ESI (electronically stored information) protocols and outcomes for clients.
In addition to his litigation work, Ryan has guided clients through internal investigations and government investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice and multiple state attorneys general.
Beyond antitrust matters, Ryan has litigated disputes involving Delaware corporate governance, fraudulent transfer claims, the Ohio Uniform Commercial Code, and the Lanham Act. He also served as lead counsel for Experian Information Solutions in consumer litigation arising under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), securing multiple complete defense judgments at trial, arguing motions in federal and state courts across the country, and leading dispositive briefing.
Ryan maintains an active pro bono practice, representing incarcerated individuals in sentencing matters and Section 1983 conditions-of-confinement cases.
- Indiana University (J.D. magna cum laude 2022; Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, Indiana Law Journal; B.S. in Biology 2019; Phi Beta Kappa)
- Ohio, Illinois, and U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois and Southern District of Ohio