‘We are unabashedly in growth mode,’ says Reed Smith global managing partner Casey Ryan. ‘We frequently use the word ambition because people need to feel it.’
Ambition has been a defining theme of Ryan’s tenure. Since succeeding Alexander ‘Sandy’ Thomas in 2023, she has overseen rising profits, the expansion of key practices, the launch of four new offices in Atlanta, Denver, Boston and Riyadh, and some of the largest deals in the firm’s history.









