Ryan C. Shellady

Ryan C. Shellady is an associate attorney with Burnham Law, where his practice focuses on Household law. Ryan was admitted to the Colorado bar in March 2021, following his admission to the Iowa bar in September 2019.

Ryan completed his legal education at the University of Iowa College of Law in 2019. During his time there, he was actively involved in the Pro Bono Society and served as a Student Writer for the Iowa Law Review. He also participated in the National Moot Court Team and represented students in the Iowa Student Bar Association. His contributions to the College of Law community earned him the Donald P. Lay Faculty Recognition Award, and he was named the Best Advocate of the 2017–2018 Van-Oosterhout Baskerville Moot Court Competition, receiving the William S. Anderson Scholarship.

In addition to his academic achievements, Ryan served as an Executive of the University of Iowa Graduate and Professional Student Government. During the summer of 2017, he was awarded the Bergstrom Fellowship with the Child Advocacy Law Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School.

Prior to joining Burnham Law, Ryan gained valuable experience as a law clerk for the BrownWinick law office in 2018. He also volunteered as a Law Clerk with the Loved Ones Defense Center in Chicago, Illinois, and led workshops for the Kids First Law Clinic in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His student Note, "Martinis, Manhattans, and Maltreatment Investigations; When Safety Plans Are a False Choice and What Procedural Protections Parents Are Due," was published in Volume 104 of the Iowa Law Review.