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S.  Ryan  Hoffman
Associate
Nashville
P:(615) 742-7812
F:(615) 742-0441
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Education
University of Tennessee College of Business Administration - M.B.A., 2011
University of Tennessee - J.D., 2010
Clemson University - B.A., 2007

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 2010

Memberships
Tennessee Bar Association

Honors & Distinctions
Articles editor, Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law
Summa cum laude (University of Tennessee College of Business Administration)
Magna cum laude (University of Tennessee College of Law and Clemson University)
Academic Excellence Awards: Contract Drafting, Corporate Finance, Property, Securities Regulation

Publications
“Proceed at Your Peril: CrowdFunding and the Securities Act of 1933,” 78 Tenn.L.Rev. 879 (2012) (co-authored with Joan MacLeod Heminway)
Case Commentary, Sanford v. Waugh & Co., 11 Transactions: Tenn.J.Bus.Law 2 (2010)
Case Commentary, Cracker Barrel Old County Store, Inc. v. Epperson, 10 Transactions: Tenn.J.Bus.Law III (2008)



Ryan is an associate in the Nashville office and is in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group.

Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Ryan earned his M.B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Tennessee College of Business Administration. While earning his degree, he served as a portfolio manager of the Haslam Torch Fund, managing a long equity portfolio. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2010 with a concentration in Business Transactions. During law school, he served as an articles editor for Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law.