Ryan Bruning

Proven Verdicts
Kansas City, MO

About Ryan Bruning

Ryan L. Bruning is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Bruning Law Firm. He co-founded the firm with his brother AJ Bruning and father Tony Bruning Sr., focusing on personal injury law across the Midwest.

Bruning grew up watching his father advocate for injured clients, which inspired his legal career.

He earned his Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri.

He is admitted to the Missouri and Illinois bars. He has been recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers Association and as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$24 millionSettlement

The Bruning Law Firm served as class counsel for St. Louis Rams PSL holders who sued after the team's 2016 relocation to Los Angeles, securing a $24 million federal class-action settlement approved in June 2019.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Case No. 4:16-cv-00172-SNLJ · 2019Read the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Missouri
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Illinois
National Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

National Trial Lawyers Top 100
Super Lawyers Rising Star

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$15,275,000 (judgment after comparative-fault reduction; $23.5 million gross verdict) · $23.5 Million Verdict Against Swift Transportation for Meth-Impaired Driver Who Backed Into Highway Traffic
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