Ryan Joseph King

ryan king is a man who is a lot of things; he is genuine, honest, intelligent, caring, & passionate. my name is addy & i was charged with a felony drug possession for a c1 substance- >1g =<4g, heroin; facing 2-10 years in a state prison. the situation was grim, the charge was from a car accident from... early 2019 where my ex &i argued while drunk, drove a car through a house & were taken to the er but while impounding, my car they found the drugs. i was charged a few months later & knew that i didn't just need a lawyer, i needed a miracle worker. i interviewed thoroughly & eventually met with ryan to discuss a consultation, the details of the case, & he was taken by surprise when i asked him "what qualifies you to be my lawyer, or why should i choose you to represent me?" ryan turned red; but to answer for him, he graduated from YALE LAW, has years of experience working in the DAs office knowing the manner in which every case is approached, understands the system inside & out working relentlessly to always under any circumstance find the best case scenario time & time again. but one thing that wasn't mentioned in ryan's "qualifications" for being a defense attorney was that he is the single most incredible, caring, genuinely invested people i was ever going to meet. a role model that i didn't realize i needed, ryan went above and beyond in every way possible; spending hours on a sunday evening before his family christmas party, making hour long phone calls when i messed up the perfect situation -failing a drug test in the first few weeks of my probation risking my expulsion from a program, or just giving genuine advice & counsel when i was facing major depression & battling through my addiction in early recovery. Through working on my case; ryan proved he was the perfect & only person that could've successfully gotten me to where i am now. on valentines day when i was on my way to buy drugs instead of staying at home, ryan called me & told me the consequences, the stakes, and exactly what i needed to hear which truly was the only thing that talked me out of using & make a real step towards recovery. in our journey ryan worked every angle, every possibility, & kept me aware of the circumstances & situation through every step of the process without once misleading me, hiding anything from me, & found the single best case scenario for my situation every time. I am currently the 2nd person to be accepted from the new Collin county district attorney opioid relief program; a super specialized program for non-violent drug offenders that are given a second chance by being provided the resources & accountability to get their life together. a 15 month program involving MAT & hours of therapy, drug screens, & the ability to have your charges expunged. it was a dream come true, knowing that i would by no chance be accepted into the diversion program, ryan still FOUND a way to get the results i so desperately needed by putting his relationships with the DAs office, his creative approach & problem solving skills, & his perseverance to always be 10 steps ahead preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. instead of a convicted felon i am a full-ride scholarship student at the university of Texas at dallas studying cognitive neuroscience, in substance abuse therapy which helps me work towards a long term recovery, & slowly turning into the person ryan always saw in me even when i didnt see it in myself. a few months ago i was depressed & suicidal facing the consequences to my actions but today i am hopeful, content, & proud of how far i am come from being an opioid addict for the last 3 years. i used to believe that this was the worst thing that ever happened to me but now i realize that through meeting ryan and the direction my life has taken, this turned into the best thing that has happened to me. ryan is more than just a defense attorney, he is the best lawyer and person i have met. words can't describe ryan, but "heaven sent" works

Ryan King represented me on 2 felony drug charges, and I am amazed at the attention he put into my cases and even more amazed at what he was able to get done with them! I was facing a 1st degree felony "possession with intent to deliver charge" and I could have been sent to prison for a long time (u...p to life in prison with a minimum of 5 years). On top of that, I was later arrested again for a separate possession of cocaine charge too. And I confessed in both cases. Things looked really bad before I met Ryan, and I was worried that I wouldn't find anyone who could actually help me. But Ryan looked into every single detail and was able to discover that the police made multiple mistakes on my 1st degree felony drug case. He fought really hard until the prosecutor reduced my charges to a 3rd degree and dropped the "intent to deliver" charge. And my second case was dismissed too. I still don't know how he made that happen, but no matter how bad things looked, he always had another angle to take and never stopped fighting for me. What Ryan did for me really hit home when I was sitting in court and saw 3 other people plead guilty to the same 1st degree charge that I was looking at and they all went to prison and one got more than 8 years of probation. All I got was 2 years of probation on deferred adjudication that I'll be able to hide from background checks in a couple years, which is much different than a convicted drug dealer in prison with no hope for my future! If I had never met Ryan, my life would be much different today, and I am incredibly thankful for the hard work and time he put into my case. If you need a lawyer Ryan King is the best!