Ryan Newman is currently Chief Deputy Attorney General for Florida Office of the Attorney General.
During the first Trump Administration, he served as Counselor to the United States Attorney General for national security and international affairs, Deputy General Counsel (Legal Counsel) for the Department of Defense, and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy at the Department of Justice. Prior to serving in the Executive Branch, Ryan was Chief Counsel to United States Senator Ted Cruz during the 114th Congress.
Ryan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr. on the United States Supreme Court, the Honorable Richard J. Leon on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the Honorable J.L. Edmondson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Prior to law school, Ryan was an armor officer in the United States Army assigned to the 1st Squadron, 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment (Buffalo Soldiers). He deployed to Iraq in 2003 for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Ryan graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1998. He earned his law degree with high honors from The University of Texas School of Law in 2007.
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Debate: Who Governs AI? Federal Power, State Authority, and Constitutional Limits
2026 Florida Young Lawyers Summit
Coral Gables, FL
A Conversation with Florida’s Chief Deputy Attorney General Ryan Newman and Florida’s Solicitor General David Dewhirst
Orlando Lawyer Chapter
Citrus Club255 S Orange Ave STE 1800
Orlando, FL 32801
Live Not By Lies: On the Anniversary of Aleksander Solzhenitsyn's Exile from Russia
Victims of Communism Museum and Memorial Foundation900 15th St NW
Washington, DC 20005
Panel 1: Retrospectives on 25 years of Judicial Reform in Florida
2025 Florida Chapters Conference
Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort1700 Epcot Resorts Blvd
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Constitution Law Day with General Counsel Ryan D. Newman
St. Thomas - Miami Student Chapter
St. Thomas University College of Law16401 NW 37th Ave,
Miami Gardens, FL 33054
A Conversation with Ryan Newman
Broward County Lawyers Chapter
YOLO O Loungge333 East Las Olas Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Split Eleventh Circuit Panel Enjoins Florida Obscenity Law: Does Florida’s Protection of Children Act Violate the Original Understanding of the Free Speech Clause?
A recent decision by a divided panel of the Eleventh Circuit is the latest misuse...
Panel 1: Retrospectives on 25 years of Judicial Reform in Florida
2025 Florida Chapters Conference
Nearly twenty five years after the election of Governor Jeb Bush, the Florida state courts...
Panel 1: Retrospectives on 25 years of Judicial Reform in Florida
2025 Florida Chapters Conference
Nearly twenty five years after the election of Governor Jeb Bush, the Florida state courts...
Open Minds: A New Approach for Putting Conservativism into Practice Part 1
Part 1 of Open Minds with Ryan Newman covers how his upbringing in the American...
Panel 1: Did James Madison Think Corporations Were People Too?
How did citizens understand corporate power at the Founding? What were the rights, privileges, and...
