Ryan Skiver

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I grew up in Ohio, with 3 sisters and a brother. Growing up,basketball was my life, but I decided not to play in college. I went to Ohio University, where my father, my mother, my older sister, and my older brother all went before me. I studied abroad in London and traveled Western Europe. After college I wanted to move to a big city, so it was LA, NY, or Chicago and I was sick of freezing my ass off, so it was LA. I chose Southwestern Law School because it had the only 2-year program in the country at the time. Then when I started, I decided I wanted to study abroad again and travel during the 1stsummer and work at the DA’s office for a summer so I switched to the 3-year program. I studied abroad in Madrid in law school and traveled again. I worked in the Los Angeles DA’soffice my second summer and I did my first jury trial in law school. I got a conviction on a domestic abuse case with a recanting victim. I was hooked on trial work. I love competition, public speaking and helping my clients obtain justice while making the community a safer place for us all. After law school, I started with a construction and family law firm, but hated it, so I was going to start my own firm when the firm we shared office space with asked me to join them. I said yes, the partner gave me the Reptile book, and we went to a seminar. I started working with Don Keenan on a couple cases and he became my mentor in 2010. I was an instructor with Keenan Ball Colleges since the beginning and that has since transitioned to the Keenan Trial Institute, where I’m the Dean of Closing Arguments. I have taught most of the KTI courses but now focus on teaching Trial and Closing. I am currently licensed in AZ, CA, IL, and TX, but handle cases across the country. I love to learn from anyone and everyone since I believe everyone knows something I don’t. I read and watch as much as I can on trial work, psychology, and neuroscience. I also still love to travel and have been to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, and I’m now up to over 40 countries total visited. I’m married and we just welcomed our first child, a boy, to the world at the end of 2022. Being a father is the best, and I love that as well.