About Ryan Walker

Ryan T. Walker is a personal injury attorney at Marks & Harrison, specializing in civil litigation. He joined the firm in 2014 after working on the defense side at GEICO. His practice focuses on personal injury and automobile accident cases.

Walker has secured two eight-figure settlements and multiple six- and seven-figure verdicts, including a $10 million wrongful death settlement and a $9 million premises liability settlement. He earned his Juris Doctor from Florida State University College of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Virginia Military Institute, and completed a graduate degree at the Keenan Trial Institute in 2022.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Marks & Harrison

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

$10 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #13

A tractor-trailer drifted into a retired 20-year veteran's lane on Interstate 95 North and killed him, and Marks & Harrison recovered $10 million for his family before any lawsuit was filed.

Interstate 95, Virginia · 2024Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$10 millionVerdictTop 20 in Virginia · #14

A City of Richmond worker suffered permanent brain damage when a runaway Norfolk Southern boxcar with a missing brake rod drove a floodwall gate into him, and a Richmond jury returned a $10 million verdict.

Richmond Circuit Court, Virginia · 1996Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$9 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #15

A heavy retail display toppled onto a 7-year-old, fracturing the child's skull and forcing emergency brain surgery, and Marks & Harrison resolved the premises liability case for $9 million.

Virginia (private mediation) · 2023Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$6.5 millionSettlement

In February 2015 a Chesterfield County, Virginia police officer fired a Taser at Miles November, a 27-year-old man trapped in a wrecked car soaked in gasoline after a police chase. His clothing ignited and he suffered burns over most of his body, followed by months in the hospital and more than 30 surgeries. He sued the county and the officer in federal court in Richmond. The case settled in 2018 for $6.5 million, paid by the county's commercial insurer and its self-insurance fund.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond · 2018Civil RightsRead the full story →
$5.24 millionSettlement

A police chase on wet Virginia roads ended in a head-on collision that killed a six-months-pregnant passenger's unborn son and left her with catastrophic injuries, and the case settled for $5.24 million.

Virginia · 2023Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Virginia Military Institute
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. American Inns of Court
American Bar Association
Brain Injury Association of Virginia

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America (2021, 2025)
Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2015-2017)
Richmond Times-Dispatch Readers' Choice (2015)
Attorney and Practice Magazine's Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys (2017)
Lawyers of Distinction (2019)
Client Satisfaction Award (2016)

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$9 Million Settlement for Truck Driver Who Lost His Right Leg When a Wheelabrator Truck Ran a Stop Sign
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$25 Million Verdict Against Cardiologist Who Read Blocked Arteries as Normal

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