Portrait of Ryan Boland

Ryan Boland

Principal, Practice Group Leader - Commercial Litigation (North)

Ryan Boland is a principal attorney and Commercial Litigation Practice Group Leader who represents companies and individuals in the areas of complex commercial litigation, corporate litigation, and real estate litigation. He has extensive experience in seeking and defending preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders (TRO’s) in business and real estate litigation. Ryan has substantial experience as an appellate attorney across the federal and state courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He also practices zoning law across eastern and central Pennsylvania.

Ryan represents companies in diverse industries, including real estate, medical, manufacturing, and legal. He serves as outside general counsel to owner-managed businesses, including helping companies grow from one-person start-ups to having 100+ employees and eight figures per year in revenue. Ryan represents real estate developers and other owner-managed or controlled businesses with all of their real estate and general corporate needs, with a focus on providing practical and proactive business advice. A substantial portion of Ryan’s practice involves handling real estate litigation, unfair competition and restrictive covenant claims between businesses and C-suite executives, including bet-the-company commercial litigation disputes in state and federal courts across the country.

In another area of his practice, Ryan advises clients on complex zoning, land-use, and development matters across Pennsylvania, with a deep experience on prospective property acquisitions and navigating the complex issues with zoning and development in Philadelphia. He regularly represents condominium associations and homeowner’s associations (HOA’s), providing a full spectrum of transactional and litigation services on covenant enforcement, assessment collections, contract negotiations, improving rules and regulations, as well as compliance with the declaration, bylaws, and the Fair Housing Act, to help property managers and boards make informed decisions and carry out their fiduciary duties with confidence. He also represents buyers and sellers in real estate transactions, including evaluating seller disclosures and title issues, as well as litigating title claims, boundary disputes, easements, restrictive covenants, failures to disclose material defects, and adverse possession claims.  In addition, he represents commercial landlords and tenants with drafting and negotiating leases, and litigating lease disputes. 

Ryan represents law firms, lenders, HOA’s, condominium associations, and a variety of businesses in their commercial collections, and has substantial experience handling commercial loan workouts for lenders and borrowers. Finally, Ryan has a specialty in executing upon and efficiently collecting judgments that other lawyers deem too hard to collect. 

While pursuing his J.D. from The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, Ryan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kevin A. Hess in the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas. After graduating, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Arnold L. New in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.

In his free time, Ryan coaches youth soccer and flyfishes across central and eastern Pennsylvania. 

    Education

    • Penn State Dickinson Law (J.D.)
    • Franklin & Marshall College (B.A.)

    State Bar Admissions

    • Pennsylvania
    • New Jersey

    Court Admissions

    • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
    • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
    • United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

    Professional Affiliations

    • Philadelphia Bar Association, Investigative Division of Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention
    • IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), Volunteer

    Recognitions

    • Rising Star, Super Lawyers Pennsylvania, 2016 and 2018-2021
    • Appointed by the chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association to serve as a member of the Investigative Division of the Association's Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention.

Firm Highlights

  • Events
    AIA Tri-State Conference
    Princeton will serve as the backdrop for three days of connection, learning, and design leadership. From keynotes to tours to the Tri-State Design Awards, this year’s conference is designed to go far beyond education sessions. Kick off the week with pre-conference intensives and individual state component Design Award celebrations, followed by three days of education, inspiration, networking, and design excellence at the 2026 AIA Tri-State Conference—featuring pre-conference intensives, three keynote speakers, 25 education sessions, curated tours, an expo, spec academies, and the AIA Tri-State Design Awards—bringing together architects and design professionals from New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania to connect, learn, and celebrate the best of the profession. G2. Designing Secure Practices: Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Contractual Provisions, and Insurance Risks for Architects (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) Architects and design professionals increasingly rely on cloud platforms, BIM software, and digital tools to manage sensitive data, creating cybersecurity and privacy risks. A single incident can trigger liability claims, regulatory obligations, reputational harm, and insurance challenges. Yet many firms underestimate how contracts, insurance, and internal practices intersect during a breach. This program offers legal and insurance perspectives on cyber risk in architecture, examining liability exposure, risky contract provisions, and mitigation strategies. A cyber insurance expert will explain policy responses, coverage gaps, coordination with professional liability, and best practices for aligning insurance with contractual risk and protecting firms from evolving cyber threats. Learning Objectives: Identify key cybersecurity and data privacy risks faced by architecture firms and explain how these risks can impact professional liability and project outcomes. Analyze common contractual provisions to determine which clauses may increase exposure to cyber incidents and propose strategies to mitigate these risks. Evaluate the scope and limitations of cyber insurance policies, including coordination with professional liability coverage, to determine how a policy would respond in a breach scenario. Develop actionable risk management strategies by integrating legal, contractual, and insurance considerations to protect sensitive client and project data.
  • Events
    The 2026 Economic, Tax, and Accounting Updates
    We are looking forward to the Mid-Atlantic CFO Roundtable's next event on November 13, 2026. This is a program with topics built for Finance Executives. We are extremely fortunate to have three excellent speakers: Dr. Daraius Irani, Vice President of Business and Public Engagement at Towson University; Mike Stankus, Tax Office Managing Principal at BDO; and Daniel Wahlberg, Managing Partner of Acclare Solutions. The economy is rapidly changing with various factors driving it. The November 3rd midterm elections may also have an impact. Our three expert presenters will discuss the ramifications of the election, and the current year updates to GAAP financial reporting and Federal and State income taxes. Please join us for what will surely be an informative and timely discussion. Meet Our Speakers: Daraius Irani, Ph.D. • Towson University Vice President, Business & Public Engagement Dr. Daraius Irani serves as Vice President of Business and Public Engagement at Towson University as well as the chief economist for the Regional Economic Studies Institute (RESI) at Towson University, a policy group providing economic, fiscal impact, and policy analysis to public and private entities.  Dr. Irani is often called upon to provide economic presentations to organizations across Maryland. He has appeared on numerous television programs and in local and regional print media. Dr. Irani holds a Ph.D. in economics from University of California, Santa Barbara. Dan Wahlberg • Acclare Solutions Managing Partner With over 28 years of experience, Dan Wahlberg is a recognized leader in audit and assurance for the Mid-Atlantic’s middle market business community. As a licensed CPA in Maryland and Virginia, Dan has led assurance practices at top regional firms, including serving as Baltimore Audit Managing Partner and Assurance Practice Leader at BDO USA in Baltimore and as Partner and member of the Management Committee at Hertzbach & Company P.A which merged into BDO in 2020. His expertise centers on delivering clarity, strategic guidance, and proactive solutions to middle-market businesses across Baltimore and beyond. His entrepreneurial spirit has led him to begin a new CPA firm this year with four other CPAs serving the business community. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Rutgers University and began his career at PWC in New York. He is also deeply engaged in the community, previously serving as President of ACG Maryland and current Board member and as Audit Committee Member for The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore.  Mike Stankus • BDO USA LLP Tax Office Managing Principal Mike Stankus is the Tax Office Managing Principal for the firm’s Baltimore office. He has more than 16 years of experience providing tax planning and preparation and management advisory services for his clients. Mike focuses on advising privately held businesses and their owners on effective growth and tax strategies. He also performs various engagements for mergers and acquisitions and complex cost accounting projects and projections. In addition, he represents various government contracting clients before the DCAA and assists with FAR compliance. Mike’s areas of concentration include working with government contractors, professional service firms, construction companies, and homebuilders.