Ryan Dryer

ABOUT RYAN DRYER — ORANGE COUNTY, LOS ANGELES & INLAND EMPIRE FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY

Ryan Dryer is a Partner at Reel Fathers Rights APC and one of Southern California’s most accomplished family law litigators. Born in Santa Ana and raised in Yorba Linda, Ryan is a lifelong Orange County native whose more than 12 years of dedicated family law litigation experience have been built entirely within the courts of Southern California. His selection as a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2017 to 2022 — a peer-nominated distinction awarded to no more than 2.5% of California attorneys through a patented multi-criteria evaluation process — is among the most competitive and credible recognitions available to family law practitioners in California, confirming what opposing counsel in Orange County, Los Angeles, and Inland Empire family courts have come to know through experience: Ryan Dryer is a formidable and thoroughly prepared advocate for the fathers he represents.

Ryan spent over a decade litigating family law cases at a prominent Orange County firm — handling high-conflict custody disputes, complex marital estates, and difficult domestic violence matters across the full range of proceedings, from initial emergency hearings through multi-day contested trials. That sustained, high-volume litigation experience shapes every aspect of how he approaches a case: his preparation is exhaustive, his strategy is forward-looking, and his courtroom presence reflects more than a decade of standing before Southern California’s most demanding family law judges. As a Partner at Reel Fathers Rights APC, he handles the firm’s most complex Orange County, Los Angeles County, and Inland Empire cases.

SUPER LAWYERS RISING STAR 2017–2022: RECOGNIZED EXCELLENCE

The Super Lawyers Rising Star designation is awarded through a patented peer-nomination and multi-criteria research process to fewer than 2.5% of California attorneys statewide. Ryan Dryer’s recognition from 2017 to 2022 — six consecutive years of Rising Star designation — reflects the sustained respect his peers in the Orange County, Los Angeles, and Inland Empire legal communities hold for his legal ability, professional conduct, and track record of results for fathers in family court. Six consecutive Rising Star designations represent not a single exceptional year but a sustained standard of peer-recognized excellence across the full span of a career.

EDUCATION & LEGAL FOUNDATION

Ryan earned his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from California State University, Fullerton and his Juris Doctorate from Western State College of Law — two institutions with deep Orange County roots. Over twelve years of litigation practice, Ryan has handled hundreds of cases across the full spectrum of family law complexity — from straightforward dissolutions to multi-year, multi-expert custody battles requiring testimony from psychologists, custody evaluators, financial experts, and minor’s counsel.

ORANGE COUNTY, LOS ANGELES & INLAND EMPIRE: THREE-COUNTY COURT COVERAGE

Ryan Dryer’s practice spans three major Southern California counties, giving fathers across a vast geographic area access to a litigator with deep local court knowledge in each jurisdiction.

In Orange County, Ryan appears regularly before the family law departments at the Lamoreaux Justice Center at 341 The City Drive South in Orange — the primary Orange County family law venue, housing the court’s busiest family law departments and serving communities across the county from Anaheim and Santa Ana to Irvine and Fullerton.

In Los Angeles County, Ryan appears before the Stanley Mosk Courthouse family law departments at 111 North Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles, the Long Beach Courthouse at 415 West Ocean Boulevard serving the South Bay and Long Beach communities, and the Pomona Courthouse South at 400 Civic Center Plaza serving the eastern San Gabriel Valley and communities including Pomona, Claremont, and the Inland-adjacent areas of Los Angeles County.

For Inland Empire matters, Ryan appears before the Riverside Family Court at 4175 Main Street in downtown Riverside, the Menifee Courthouse serving the Menifee and Sun City communities, the Indio Courthouse at 46-200 Oasis Street serving the Coachella Valley and Palm Desert, the Blythe Courthouse, the San Bernardino Historic Courthouse at 351 North Arrowhead Avenue, the Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse at 8303 Haven Avenue, the Barstow Courthouse, and the 29 Palms Courthouse — covering every Inland Empire family court venue where his clients’ cases are heard. His three-county court coverage is an exceptional asset for fathers whose cases cross jurisdictional lines.

Fathers in Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, Orange, Fullerton, Yorba Linda, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Long Beach, Riverside, Temecula, and throughout Orange County, Los Angeles County, and the Inland Empire trust Ryan Dryer to fight effectively on their behalf. Contact Reel Fathers Rights APC at 951-339-3826.