Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
Licensed in New York since: 2003
Education: Albany Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2023 Porter Law Group
100 Madison St15th Floor
Syracuse, NY 13202 Phone: 315-477-9900 Email: Aaron J. Ryder Visit website
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Aaron joined Porter Law Group in 2023 as an accomplished plaintiff’s personal injury trial attorney, having secured seven-figure jury verdicts on behalf of injured plaintiffs in multiple counties across the state. In 2019, as reported by TopVerdict, Aaron secured one of the top 50 plaintiff’s verdicts in the State of New York. With a legal career that spans two decades, Aaron has extensive experience in the pursuit and resolution of complex personal injury matters, including claims arising out of medical malpractice, misdiagnosis, product liability, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, and construction/ workplace accidents. For the past eight years, beginning in 2015, Aaron has been identified as a Super Lawyer in the fields of medical malpractice and products liability in Upstate New York Super Lawyers®, a publication with membership limited to the top 5% of lawyers in each state. Aaron’s advocacy on behalf of injured plaintiff’s has also earned him a lifetime membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum®, as well as recognition by the National Trial Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in New York State. Since 2019 Aaron has been invited to speak yearly as a guest lecturer at SUNY Upstate College of Health Professionals on the topic of charting and risk management.
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Aaron is a 2002 graduate of the Albany Law School of Union University, where he was inducted into the Order of the Barristers, a national honor society that recognizes superior skill in trial and oral advocacy. Â He is also a 1996 graduate of the State University of New York at Potsdam.
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As an active member of the Central New York community Aaron was appointed to the Board of the Attorney Grievance Committee, 5th Judicial District, which serves the counties of Onondaga, Oneida, Oswego, Herkimer, Jefferson, and Lewis. He served as the President of the Onondaga County Bar Association (2019-2020), and he is currently serving a second term as a member of the Board of Education for the West Genesee Central School District.Â
First Admitted: 2003, New York
- 2002- Albany Law School of Union University
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum - Lifetime Member
- Order of the Barristers - Invited Member
- Jury verdict - N. Y. Supreme Court, Oneida County, on behalf of the estate of a young woman who died as the result of a physician's failure to diagnose serious thyroid disease, 2013
- Jury Verdict - $1,400,000 - N. Y. State Supreme Court, St. Lawrence County - recovered a jury verdict in favor of a man who suffered a severe leg injury with subsequent amputation as a result of a negligently designed apartment complex. (Professional Liability / Premises Liability), 2019
- Recovery of $1,300,000.00, in a medical malpractice action, 2012
- Jury Verdict - $2,007,000.00, N. Y. State Supreme Court, Onondaga County, on behalf of a plaintiff who sustained serious injuries as the result of a fall from a scaffold at a work site, including concussion, traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder and one or more fractured bones, 2012
- Recovery of $1,300,000.00, in a medical malpractice action, 2013
- Please note, prior results do not guarantee future success, 2011
- Jury Verdict - $500,000.00, N. Y. Supreme Court, Oneida County, on behalf of a plaintiff who was injured as the result of a negligently performed laparoscopic cholecystectomy (i.e., gallbladder removal surgery), 2016
- Jury Verdict - $280,000.00, N. Y. State Supreme Court, Oneida County, on behalf of a plaintiff who was injured as the result of a misdiagnosis of cancer., 2015
- Recovery of $1,100,000.00, in a medical malpractice action, 2014
- Presenter, Plaintiff's Personal Injury From Start to Finish: Personal Injury Settlements, National Business Institute CLE, 2013
- Presenter, Cutting the Gordian Knott: Resolving Liens and Reimbursement Claims, NYS Academy Of Trial Lawyers CLE, 2014
- Exeutive Committee, Memeber, Onondaga County Bar Association, 2015
- President, Onondaga County Bar Association, 2019
- Co-Chair, Trial Lawyers Section, Onondaga County Bar Association (2015-2016)
- Board of Directors, Onondaga County Bar Association, 2015
- President, Onondaga County Bar Association, 2019
- Selected - Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers, 2015
Office location for Aaron J. Ryder
100 Madison St
15th Floor
Syracuse, NY 13202
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2023