
rfoley@starr-lawfirm.com
(212) 620-2699
Ryan Foley is Senior Litigation Counsel at Starr Associates LLP, where he focuses on condominium and cooperative disputes, construction defect claims, and real estate litigation on behalf of sponsors, developers, boards, unit owners, and shareholders. He advises clients from pre-dispute risk assessment through trial and appeal, working in close collaboration with the firm’s transactional and offering plan practice to provide integrated counsel across the full development lifecycle.
Ryan’s practice encompasses offering plan and sponsor obligation disputes, construction defect and design professional claims, turnover and board transition litigation, governance conflicts, RPAPL § 881 access proceedings, and contract and guaranty enforcement. He regularly drafts dispositive motions, appellate briefs, and complex pleadings, and manages all aspects of discovery, including e-discovery strategy, document review and production, witness preparation, and discovery-related motion practice.
Before joining Starr Associates, Ryan practiced in the New York offices of multiple multinational law firms, including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he represented corporate clients in complex commercial litigation and insurance coverage disputes. He began his legal career as an appellate prosecutor. During law school, Ryan served as a judicial intern to the Hon. LaShann DeArcy Hall of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and as a judicial extern to the Hon. Valerie Caproni of the Southern District of New York.
Prior to his legal career, Ryan spent nearly a decade in investment banking and private equity at UBS, Citi, Stone Point Capital, and Argo Group. That background informs how he approaches real estate disputes: with an understanding of what developers and investors are actually trying to protect, how litigation affects capital structures and project timelines, and what resolution means to a client’s business, not just their legal position.