
Overview
Victoria (“Tori”) Ryon started practicing law in 2011 following her federal judicial clerkship serving for the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas. Since then, Tori has represented hundreds of clients ranging from small businesses to multi-billion-dollar corporations in a variety of practice areas, including personal injury, wrongful death, transportation, products liability, premises liability, dram shop cases, and general civil litigation.
Ms. Ryon has acquired extensive experience in transportation litigation involving alleged violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and the Texas Transportation Code. Her experience in this area of the law enables her to thoroughly and efficiently investigate, defend, and try cases in state and federal court. Victoria also handles excess casualty cases serving as additional and monitoring counsel in high-damage wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases.
Tori is a Texas A&M alumna and graduated from SMU Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas where she was an editor for the International Law Review, Best Brief Nominee, and a National Mock Trial finalist. Tori enjoys spending time with her three children, two Bernedoodles, and traveling with her husband.
Practice Areas
Honors & Awards
- National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 under 40
Professional & Community Involvement
- Dallas Bar Association
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- State Bar of Texas
- Trucking Industry Defense Association
- Texas Motor Transportation Association
- Defense Research Institute
Education
- SMU Dedman School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2010
- SMU International Law Review, Staff Editor
- SMU Mock Trial Competition Champion (2009)
- National Lone Star Mock Trial Finalist
- Best Brief Nominee, SMU Legal Research & Writing
- Texas A&M University, B.S., cum laude, 2007
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas