Ryan received his Juris Doctorate from Texas A&M University School of Law in 2015. After passing the bar exam that same year, he began his legal career in San Antonio, TX as an associate attorney at a boutique commercial litigation firm. In 2017 he founded the Law Office of Ryan M. Cohen, PLLC, to assist his clients with general real estate issues as well as property tax appeals for residential and commercial clients. In 2020, Ryan's law firm protested over $240 MM in appraised value, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax savings for his clients.