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Ryan P. Loofbourrow

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Ryan Loofbourrow is a shareholder with Baker Donelson's Logistics, Energy, and Manufacturing Litigation Group, where he concentrates his practice in business and complex litigation.

Overview


  • Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2014
    • Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law
  • Azusa Pacific University, B.A., 2011, cum laude
  • Tennessee, 2014
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Ryan Loofbourrow represents clients in state and federal courts across the country, including Alabama, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, California, and Tennessee, in commercial disputes, personal injury defense, and complex litigation, such as class actions and multidistrict litigation. He has conducted trials, prevailed on dispositive motions, and negotiated favorable settlements at all levels. To better serve his clients, Ryan actively explores the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance legal strategies.

Prior to private practice and upon completion of law school, Ryan completed a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. He also clerked for the Honorable Jerome T. Kearney of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and for the Honorable Royce Taylor of the 16th Circuit Court in Tennessee, Division Four.

Ryan remains active in his community, serving on the board of directors of professional and non-profit organizations.

  • Opposed an emergency injunction to remove a client as co-executor.

  • Defended tractor-trailer companies, drivers, and logistics brokers in wreck cases.

  • Defended against tortious interference of a contractual relations claim.

  • Defended a breach of contract claim in a $60 million master services agreement.

  • Defended premises liability cases.

  • Guided an internal investigation of officers alleged to have used inflated projections to defraud investors.

  • Defended former executives from breach of fiduciary duty allegations, including defending members of an LLC from profiting off interested transactions.

  • Represented landlords and tenants in commercial landlord-tenant disputes.

  • Defended a data breach case and privacy class action.

  • Defended fraud and conversion cases.

  • Successfully protested request for proposals for a municipality's street repaving contract.

  • Successfully represented a real estate advising company in a lawsuit to stop anonymous online disparagement of the company.

  • Defended a software company against a lawsuit by a Pennsylvania health care provider alleging violation of the parties' agreement.

  • Defended a telecommunications company in an arbitration alleging the company failed to pay royalties for the use of fiberoptic cables. Negotiated a favorable settlement.

  • Defended a logistics broker against a lawsuit by a carrier arising from the loss of a trailer. Obtained a favorable settlement.

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2026, 2027)
  • Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America™ for Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2024, 2025)
  • Board Member – Justice Industries, Inc.
    • Chair-elect of the Board (2025 – 2026)
    • Secretary of the Board (2024)
  • Board Member – Nashville Bar Association
    • President – Young Lawyers Division (2026)
    • President-elect – Young Lawyers Division (2025) 
    • Board Member – Young Lawyers Division
    • Treasurer – Young Lawyers Division (2024)
  • Member – American Inns of Court
    • Barrister – Harry Phillips Chapter
  • Member – Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum (2021)
  • Mentor – Big Brothers Big Sisters Sports Buddies (2020 – 2021)
  • Mentor – Youth Villages (2018 – 2019)
  • Member – Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA)

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