Secare & Ryan .. Toms River, NJ Law Firm

GUY P. RYAN concentrates his practice in civil and criminal defense. He is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Attorney Certification. He has tried numerous cases in the United States District Courts and the Courts of New Jersey, in the areas of personal injury, worker’s compensation, employment discrimination, and civil rights violations. He is a faculty member of the Ocean County Police Academy, and represents several municipalities.

From the trial level to the Supreme Court of New Jersey, he has represented numerous individuals, municipalities, police departments’ public officials, and police officers. He is often called upon to give advice to police departments in an assortment of matters, and is a certified police academy instructor. His knowledge of proper police procedure and the laws involving Arrest, Search and Seizure have contributed to his success as a defense attorney.

As a former municipal public defender and with his firm, Mr. Ryan provides a vigorous defense for his clients, while maintaining the highest ethics. He was appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to a four year term to investigate and prosecute complaints against attorneys accused of ethical misconduct.

Mr. Ryan’s current counsel work includes:

• Borough Attorney, South Toms River

• Borough of Education Attorney, Berkeley Township School District

• Special Counsel and Conflict Attorney, Borough of Seaside Heights

• Conflict Attorney, Township of Berkeley, Borough of Seaside Park

• Special Labor Attorney, Township of Stafford

• General Counsel, Berkeley Township Housing Authority.

• Police Defense Counsel, Seaside Heights

• Approved Attorney, Ocean County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund, Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund, and the New Jersey Utilities Authority Joint Insurance Fund

• Former Planning Board Attorney, Township of Toms River

• Approved Defense Attorney for New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association, Legal Protection Plan and New Jersey State Troopers Non-Commissioned Officer's Association Legal Defense Plan

Mr. Ryan is a lifelong resident of New Jersey, and his family came to Ocean County in the early 1900s.

EDUCATION

• Seton Hall University School of Law Juris Doctor Summa Cum Laude 1990
West Publishing Co. Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement
Top 1% of graduating class 4/410

• Villanova University B.S. Accountancy Cum Laude 1987
Gamma Phi Business Honor Society

BAR ADMISSIONS

• State of New Jersey 1990

• State of Florida 1990

• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 1990

• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 1997

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 2003 to present: Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Attorney Certification as a Civil Trial Attorney

• 9/01/1999 to 8/30/2003: Member and Committee Investigator, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Office of Attorney Ethics, District IIIA Ethics Committee

• 7/31/2000 to present: Certified by the State of New Jersey, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, Police Training Commission, as a Police Academy Instructor

• 2000 to present: Instructor, Ocean County Police Academy. Subjects:† New Jersey Criminal Code, N.J.S.A. 2C:1-1 et seq., Arrest, Search & Seizure, Use of Force and civil liability of police officers

• 2005 to present: Senior Instructor, Advanced Law Enforcement Training Associates., L.L.C. (ALETA) - a private educational company formed in 2005 to provide continuing †in-service training to police, law enforcement and security organizations.

• Mr. Ryan has served as attorney for the Toms River Township Planning Board, Dover Township Fire District No. 1, general counsel to the Brick Township Housing Authority and special counsel to numerous other public entities.

• January 26, 2006: Award for Outstanding Academic Instruction and Dedication to the Ocean County Police Academy, Presented by Ocean County Chiefs of Police Association

• June 13, 2007: 2006 Instructor of the Year Award, Ocean County Police Academy, Presented by the Ocean County Chiefs of Police Association

• 1996 Mr. Ryan successfully defended a local police officer during a jury trial on criminal charges of sexual assault, aggravated assault and terroristic threats. The case gained widespread media attention, as it was one of the first cases where the State attempted to utilize the "battered woman's syndrome" on behalf of the prosecution and against a defendant.