Ryan Bliss

Ryan Bliss is a Partner at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, focused on workers' compensation law. He joined the firm in 2012 and has more than 13 years of experience. He works out of the Durham, North Carolina office.

Bliss earned his Bachelor of Arts in English magna cum laude from North Carolina State University in 2005 and his Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2008. He interned with North Carolina Advocates for Justice during college.

He is admitted to the North Carolina Bar and is a North Carolina State Bar Board Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law.

His honors include selection to the North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Top 20 Managing Partners (2025), Best Lawyers in America for Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants (2025-2026), and Super Lawyers Rising Star (2018).

His publications and speaking engagements include "How 2 top plaintiff firms went AI-native in 90 days" CLE webinar (January 2026), "The impact of AI's ongoing evolution on NC's legal landscape" in The Carolina Journal (2025), commentary on leveraging technology in workers' compensation practice in NC Lawyers Weekly (August 2024), and "Workers' Compensation for the Undocumented Worker" in Trial Briefs Magazine (January 2018).