Ryan Cunningham
Founding Partner | Cunningham & Mears
Ryan Cunningham is a car accidents, premises liability and product liability trial lawyer and founding partner at Cunningham & Mears in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Admitted in Oklahoma; J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law (1996).
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118
Ryan Y. Cunningham is a founding partner of Cunningham & Mears in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he represents injured Oklahomans in motor vehicle crashes, slip-and-fall cases, product liability and auto defect claims, oil field injuries, dog bites and workers’ compensation matters, as well as class action pharmaceutical litigation.
Before launching the firm, Cunningham clerked for U.S. District Judge Tim Leonard and for the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992 and his law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1996, the same year he was admitted in Oklahoma. He teaches continuing legal education courses for lawyers and speaks to law students on personal injury topics.
His recognitions include selection to the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers and a Lifetime Achievement Award from America’s Top 100 Attorneys. An Oklahoma native, he serves on the board of Oklahomans for the Arts and belongs to the Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1996
- B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1992
- Admitted to practice in Oklahoma, 1996
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, 1996
Practice Areas
- American Bar Association
- The American Trial Lawyers Association
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- Oklahoma Association for Justice
- Oklahoma County Bar Association
- William J. Holloway Jr. Inn of Court
- Oklahomans for the Arts (Board Member)
- Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers
- Lifetime Achievement Award, America's Top 100 Attorneys
- Best of the Best, Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney, 2026
- Rated by Super Lawyers, 2024
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Reviewed
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