Ryan D. Konsdorf

Bar Admissions

• Arizona

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of Arizona

Education

• Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Associate Editor, Arizona State Law Journal
  • Willard H. Pedrick Scholar
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln (B.S., Marketing, highest distinction)
  • Dean’s List
  • Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
  • American Marketing Association Student Chapter, Vice President

Awards & Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America^®, Real Estate Law (2023-2026)
• Southwest Super Lawyers^®, Rising Stars Edition, Real Estate (2020-2022, 2025)

Representative Experience

• Represented restaurant franchise owners in connection with the purchase, sale, leasing, development and operation of over 100 restaurants throughout Arizona and Texas
• Represented publicly traded Canadian REIT as U.S. counsel in over $2 billion worth of hotel and lodging facility portfolio acquisitions and dispositions throughout the U.S.
• Represented Arizona-based real estate investment and development enterprise in connection with over 50 separate master planned community and subdivision development projects throughout Arizona
• Represented cell tower developers and landlords in the leasing and development of over 100 cell towers throughout Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming
• Represented national multi-family development company with various projects throughout Arizona, including the acquisition and development of a 25-story, 350+ unit luxury for-rent apartment community in Arizona
• Represented national sports and fitness club operator in connection with the acquisition, leasing, and development of over 25 separate clubs throughout Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington
• Represented large-scale land developers and master planned community partners in single-family and multi-family residential and mixed-use community developments throughout Arizona
• Represented solar energy industry leader in sale of $100+ million industrial manufacturing building in Arizona
• Represented hotel owners and event management company in acquisition and transfer of Arizona liquor licenses
• Represented landlord and tenant’s interests in numerous commercial mixed-use retail, restaurant, medical and office leases, as well as residential leases

Previous Professional Experience

• Snell & Wilmer, Summer Associate
• Kahala Corporation, Legal Intern

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Urban Land Institute

Community Involvement

• Pipeline Worldwide
  • Technical Advisory Board – Legal (Current)
  • President of the Board (2017-2020)
  • Secretary (2021-2023)
  • Board of Directors (2015-2023)
• Herberger Theater, Former Member of Young Leadership Board (2014-2017)
• Arizona Legal Center, Volunteer and Attorney Liaison (Current)
• Volunteer Lawyers Program (Current)
• Huskers N Arizona Alumni Association (Current)

Representative Presentations and Publications

• “The Dominguez Case and Deed Fraud: Who Criminals Target and How to Protect Yourself Against Fraud,” Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (September 16, 2025)
• Panel speaker at Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (2014-Present)
• “Killing Your Chances of Inheriting: The Problem with the Application of the Slayer Statute to Cases of Assisted Suicide,” Author, 39 ACTEC L.J. 399, 399 (2013)