Ryan E. Borneman
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA

Phone: +1 215 979 1105
Fax: +1 215 689 4906
Email: reborneman@duanemorris.com

Ryan E. Borneman practices in the areas of commercial and intellectual property litigation, with an emphasis on contract, commercial fraud, and business tort cases. Mr. Borneman represents corporate entities and individual clients in commercial litigation matters in federal and state courts and in arbitral forums throughout the United States.

Mr. Borneman regularly represents a national bank in defense of claims for payment of fraudulent checks. He also regularly defends a commercial real estate developer in actions asserting breach of contract.

Mr. Borneman is actively involved in handling pro bono matters, and he is a member of the firm's e-discovery committee.

Mr. Borneman is a member of the American Bar Association. He is chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and serves on the board of directors for his homeowner's association.

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as in multiple federal courts, Mr. Borneman is a 2006 magna cum laude graduate of Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and was managing editor of administration of BYU Law Review, and a magna cum laude graduate of Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management with a B.S. in Accounting.

Areas of Practice

• General Commercial Litigation
• Complex Litigation/Class Actions
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Appellate Practice

Representative Matters

• Following a four-week arbitration between joint-venture partners, obtained a $35 million award and attorneys' fees in favor of client for the joint-venture partner's failure to pay a note and dividends due under the parties' agreement, together with a finding of no liability on a $59 million counterclaim against the client.
• Representing owner of private military-contracting company in arbitration with co-owner related to transactions by which the company was formed.
• Represented a real estate developer in a citizen suit brought by two environmental groups seeking remediation of contaminated sediments in a river adjacent to a former industrial site purchased by the developer. Case dismissed at the pleadings stage.
• Obtained settlement on behalf of flour manufacturer from a macaroni manufacturer who failed to purchase flour that was put under contract when wheat prices were at an all-time high.
• Represented a class of pathologists in the prosecution of claims for breach of contract arising out of improper reimbursement by a healthcare insurance company.
• Obtained judgment on behalf of individuals and former owners of a software company in the prosecution of claims for breach of contract arising out of a merger agreement between technology companies.
• Obtained settlement on behalf of a business entity in the prosecution of professional malpractice claims against entity's certified public accountant for failure to detect employee embezzlement.
• Represented a public entity in prosecution of claims for breach of contract arising out of software license agreement.
• Obtained settlement on behalf of patent owner and licensee in a misappropriation of trade secrets and patent infringement action to enforce patent against a major drug company.

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
  - Section of Litigation
• J. Reuben Clark Law Society

Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Education

• Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2006
  Managing Editor of Administration, BYU Law Review
  Order of the Coif
• Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management, B.S. Accounting, magna cum laude, 2001

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2006-present

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "Pa. District Court Awards $367,000 in E-discovery Costs to Prevailing Defendants," Duane Morris Alert, June 7, 2011
• Co-author, "Rehashing Issues in Class Action Arbitration," Dispute Resolution Magazine, Fall 2008, Vol. 14, No. 1
• Co-author, "A Blunt Tool That Is Here to Stay: The False Claims Act As a Tool to Enforce Quality of Care," Modern Healthcare, February 2007

Selected Speaking Engagements

• "Class Arbitration Developments and Practice," Guest Lecturer, Complex Litigation Course, Villanova Law School, November 18, 2010
• "E-Discovery: Practical Tips," Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Nov. 25, 2008
• "Navigating a Class Arbitration and Issues Surrounding a Class Arbitration," Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Dec. 14, 2007