Ryan Turley, Partner

Ryan is a Partner at Madison West, where he focuses on individual partner, partner group, associate, and in-house recruiting.  Ryan has placed partners and associates with a wide a range of employers from the largest international firms and companies to regionally-focused mid-sized firms and start-ups.  A student of the profession, Ryan is keenly aware of the rapidly changing dynamics in the legal industry and has partnered with some of the largest firms in the world in connection with strategic planning and expansion.  Prior to founding Madison West, Ryan was a Managing Director at a leading international legal recruiting firm.  

Before entering the legal recruiting industry, Ryan was a corporate associate in Sidley Austin LLP's Chicago office, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions as well as structured finance transactions.  Ryan holds a JD, cum laude (Order of the Coif), from the University of Missouri School of Law, an MBA, with honors, from the Gordon E. Crosby MBA Program at the University of Missouri, a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Missouri, and a B.S. in Economics from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he played collegiate golf.