About Ryan Wagner

Ryan Wagner is a trial team leader at Armstrong Lee & Baker LLP in Houston, where he handles cases involving wrongful deaths, amputations, fractures, traumatic brain injuries, and severe burns. His aggressive advocacy has earned him referrals from opposing counsel who recognize the quality of his work.

Ryan earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas at Austin and his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center, where he was on the Dean's List from 2019 to 2022. During law school he served as Notes and Comments Editor of the UHLC Journal of Health Law and Policy, competed as a student advocate on the UHLC Interscholastic Mock Trial Team, and served as a Presenter on the Honor Board.

Ryan is admitted to the State Bar of Texas, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and federal district courts in the Southern, Northern, and Eastern Districts of Texas. Although based in Texas, his practice spans nationwide in both state and federal courts. He was named a 2026 Super Lawyers Rising Star and has achieved notable results as lead counsel including a $3.925 million slip-and-fall recovery and a $3 million commercial motor vehicle collision settlement.

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
Juris Doctor (J.D.), 2022
University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Star (2026)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Houston firms

The Lanier Law Firm
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$4.85 Billion Vioxx MDL Settlement for Heart-Attack and Stroke Victims
The Buzbee Law Firm
The Buzbee Law Firm
$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.