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Ryan J. York, Managing Member

Direct: (425) 728-8717

E-mail: ryanyork@accretivelegal.com


I pride myself on providing strategic legal solutions to my clients’ business issues

Ryan teams with companies to provide strategic advice and practical solutions in connection with capital raises, significant transactions and corporate governance.  Ryan founded Accretive Legal after 20 years at a national law firm, where he served as Chair of the Securities and Corporate Governance practice. He advises clients on capital transactions, mergers, acquisitions, and securities and stock exchange regulatory matters. Ryan particularly enjoys counseling boards and senior executives on strategic and governance matters.


Ryan’s clients include financial institutions, institutional investors, investment funds, and late stage-emerging businesses. By focusing his involvement at the strategic level, Ryan effectively enables his clients to avoid pitfalls and efficiently and successfully complete their most important transactions. His experience includes advising on issues related to public and private securities offerings, effective corporate governance, Securities Exchange Act and stock exchange compliance, and domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions.

Education - J.D. Willamette University College of Law, 2001

  • Associate Editor, Willamette Law Review

  • Dean's List

  • Trustees Scholarship Recipient

Education, B.S. Economics, Willamette University, 1997

  • Trustees Scholarship Recipient

Admitted to Practice

  • Washington, 2005

  • Arizona, 2021

  • Oregon, 2001 (inactive)

Professional & Community Activities

  • Officer, United States Naval Reserve, 2007-2016

  • Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran, 2010-2011

  • Youth Ice Hockey Coach, Sno-King Amateur Hockey Association, 2013-2020

  • Past Trustee, Bellevue Art Museum, 2019

  • Past President, Delta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Chi House Corporation

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