About Ryan Fischbeck

Ryan Fischbeck is an attorney at Armstrong Lee & Baker LLP who brings a uniquely diverse background to personal injury law. A U.S. Army veteran with an honorable discharge, Fischbeck formerly held a Top Secret security clearance and worked as a certified optician before pursuing academia and then law.

Before entering law school, Fischbeck spent over seven years as an educator at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, where he designed and independently taught courses in Philosophy and Political Science while pursuing his PhD in Applied Philosophy. He earned his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, where he received the Excellence in Oral Advocacy award and was inducted into the Order of the Barristers. He also holds an M.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. in Philosophy (magna cum laude, Dean's List) from the University of Houston.

At Armstrong Lee & Baker, Fischbeck represents injured clients with dedication and rigor, drawing on his extensive experience in legal research, drafting motions and petitions, and coordinating complex cases.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Armstrong Lee & Baker

These results are credited to Armstrong Lee & Baker. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$4.5 millionVerdict

A Texas appeals court affirmed a $4.5 million jury award for Jerry Thomas, an East Texas man who lost his hand at a sawmill in Rusk, holding that the owner never established an employment relationship and could not invoke the workers' compensation exclusive-remedy defense.

Texas Twelfth Court of Appeals (Tyler); trial court: 2nd District Court, Cherokee County · 2026Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
Verdict

Armstrong Lee & Baker won reversal of a federal preemption dismissal, reviving negligence claims brought by the family of a Tyson Foods meatpacking worker who died of COVID-19 after a coworker with a known positive test continued coming to work.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Houston Law Center
B.A. in Philosophy (also PhD Applied Philosophy from Bowling Green State University, M.A. Philosophy from University of Houston)
University of Houston
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
Houston Young Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Excellence in Oral Advocacy - University of Houston Law Center
Order of the Barristers

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The Lanier Law Firm
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$4.85 Billion Vioxx MDL Settlement for Heart-Attack and Stroke Victims
The Buzbee Law Firm
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$1.1 Billion Verdict for Child Left Brain-Damaged by Oil-Fortune Heir
Arnold & Itkin
Arnold & Itkin
$2.07 billion · Cobb County Jury Awards John Barnes $2.065 Billion in Roundup Cancer Trial
Williams Hart & Boundas
Williams Hart & Boundas
$15.3 billion · Texas Recovers $15.3 Billion From Tobacco Industry in Landmark 1998 Settlement
The Ammons Law Firm LLP
The Ammons Law Firm LLP
$812 Million Verdict for Family of Worker Killed in Pecos Chemical Plant Explosion, Part of $1.6 Billion

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.