About Ryan A.
Ryan A. Margulis is a partner at Seidman, Margulis & Fairman, LLP and a familiar presence in Illinois courtrooms. He earned his J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 2001 after completing a B.S. in Business and Sports Management at Indiana University–Bloomington in 1998. Those years of study laid a practical foundation for a career that combines courtroom work with the everyday realities of employer and insurance disputes.
After law school, Margulis built a practice that spans trial and appellate work. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Those admissions reflect the range of matters he has handled and permit him to pursue cases through multiple levels of the federal system when necessary.
Margulis serves as a partner at Seidman, Margulis & Fairman, LLP, where he has worked on litigation matters for many years. He maintains memberships in professional organizations tied to his legal interests, including the Workers Compensation Law Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association. Those affiliations keep him connected to developments in workers’ compensation law and broader civil litigation practice.
Colleagues describe him as pragmatic in the courtroom and methodical in preparation. He has experience briefing appeals and arguing contested issues, which aligns with his admissions to appellate courts. His undergraduate background in business and sports management informs how he approaches client needs, especially when cases intersect with employment and organizational concerns.
Margulis’s work at the firm involves counseling and defending clients in disputes that commonly arise in employment and insurance settings. He appears in administrative hearings as well as state and federal courts. Outside the courthouse he participates in bar activities that address rules and trends affecting practitioners across Illinois.
He continues to practice at Seidman, Margulis & Fairman, LLP, representing clients in matters that frequently involve workers’ compensation and related civil litigation.
