Ryan Goldstein '93

Ryan Goldstein is Managing Partner of the Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan's Tokyo Office and lives full time in Japan.  Ryan's practice is devoted to complex business litigation, including patent and intellectual property litigation, antitrust, class actions, product liability, criminal investigations, defamation, and contract/fraud disputes.  Ryan also teaches comparative international law, in Japanese, at Doshisha University and Tokyo University.  He also served as a visiting scholar at Waseda University Law School, and has been invited to speak as a visiting lecturer at Waseda Law School, Keio Law School, Keio Law Department, Doshisha University, Seikei Law School, and Omiya Law School, amongst others.  He generally lectures, in Japanese, on a variety of topics related to complex litigation, including patent and intellectual property law issues, the attorney-client privilege, trial strategy, and e-discovery.  He has appeared in over 50 Japanese publications, including feature articles in the Nikkei Newspaper, Sankei Newspaper, Lawyers Magazine, Nikkei Business Journal, and Business Law Journal.  His book, The Weapons of Negotiation, has been published in Japanese and Chinese. Ryan has also appeared regularly as a commentator on CNN Saturday Night, a live CNN Japan news show that aired weekly on the BS Asahi channel.

Ryan has been named the "Best Lawyer in Japan" or the "Litigation Lawyer of the Year" in Japan every year for the last six years.  Chambers' research describe Ryan as "unquestionably a great lawyer" with a "full-branch skill set" in litigation, with strengths including his "mutilingual abilities associated with multicultural understanding" and "ability to find precise solutions straight away."  According to Chambers, Ryan was touted as "one of the most brilliant and talented lawyers I have had the pleasure of meeting, and he truly understands the intricacies of working with Japanese clients."  IAM Patent 1000 similarly described Ryan as a "polyglot" and "terrific communicator…who notched up courtroom victories for a wide array of electronics entities."  Ryan has been ranked in the categories of Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property by Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific, and Legal 500 Asia Pacific  numerous years in a row. Ryan was also recognized by The Nikkei as one of Japan's Top 10 Lawyers for Foreign Law.  He has also been named a "Local Disputes Star" for Arbitration, Antitrust, IP, and Class Action by Benchmark Asia-Pacific. Most recently, Ryan has been named one of Asia Business Law Journal's "A-List" of Japan's Top Lawyers for 2023. 

Ryan is on the Board of Directors for the East Asia Super League, a new basketball league that brings the top teams from the leagues of Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines together to determine the best team in Asia.  He is also the Representative Director for Cheer Japan, representing the Japanese national team in performance cheer and cheerleading.  He owns Q Sushi, a Michelin-star authentic sushi restaurant in Los Angeles as well as Gaku Ramen, an authentic ramen chain with restaurants in Burlington and Fort Collins.  He also works with the Sadogatake Sumo Stable.

With the Dickey Center, Ryan created and designed the Goldstein Internship program, which seeks to bring Dartmouth students to Japan for internships or study in Japan in their off-terms.  He is the Head of the Dartmouth Club of Japan as well.

Ryan graduated from Dartmouth in 1993 with a double major in history and Asian Studies.  He graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude in 1998, and studied at Waseda University on a Monbusho Scholarship.