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Jessica Ryland


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CONTACT JESSICA
Office: (415) 228-0480
​Email: [email protected]
Jessica (“Jess”) Ryland advises startup companies in the Bay Area and beyond, broadly in the area of risk management, including via litigation oversight, insurance, product liability, and building internal processes. Jess also provides a range of commercial drafting services, e.g., terms of service/user agreements, licensing agreements, master services agreements, purchase and sale agreements, logistics agreements, NDAs, etc. 

Prior to joining SSM, Jess worked as in-house counsel at Lyft, Postmates, and Uber, specializing in risk mitigation, litigation, and insurance on matters throughout the United States involving user agreements, catastrophic safety incidents, bad faith/insurance, and product liability. 

Born and raised in Virginia, Jess has called San Francisco her adopted home since 2009. She currently lives in the Cole Valley neighborhood with her husband and a fluffy black cat named Douglas. 

EDUCATION
  • J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law, 2012
  • B.A., Philosophy Pre-Law, Loyola University New Orleans, 2008

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
  • The Bar Association of San Francisco, Board of Directors (2025 - Present)
  • The Justice and Diversity Center, Board of Directors (2022 - 2024) 
  • The Barristers Club, Board of Directors (2016 - 2021)
    • Treasurer (2018 - 2019)
    • President-Elect (2019 - 2020)
    • President (2020 - 2021)
  • The Bar Association of San Francisco, Board of Directors (Ex Officio) (2019 - 2021)
  • Lyft, Inc., Co-Founder, Pro Bono Committee

AWARDS & RECOGNITION
  • Outstanding Barristers Award 2022 by The Bar Association of San Francisco

ADMISSIONS
  • California (State Courts)
  • Northern District of California (Federal)
  • Central District of California (Federal)​

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