Norman A. Ryan is the managing partner of Ryan Mercaldo & Worthington LLP - a law firm serving clients throughout California, Nevada and Arizona from offices in the cities of San Diego and Las Vegas. Drawing from more than 30 years of legal experience, Mr. Ryan maintains a robust civil litigation practice with a primary emphasis on defense and disputes involving wrongful death, transportation law, personal injury, product defect, business and construction law.

Mr. Ryan has received an AV Preeminent* rating for over 15 consecutive years; it is the highest rating an attorney or law firm can receive through the peer review ratings process facilitated by Martindale-Hubbell. He is an active member of several professional organizations as well, including the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the Transportation Insurance Defense Association (TIDA) and the Defense Research Institute (DRI). Mr. Ryan also served for five years with the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corp (JAGC) and for 22 years in the U.S. Naval Reserves and retired as a Captain in 2007.

_{*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.}