A Law Firm Leading with Passion, Experience, & Diligence
Legal support from someone who shares your outdoor lifestyle.
After gaining invaluable experience practicing under some of Montana’s best attorneys following law school, Ryan founded Salis Legal in 2025 to blend his legal expertise with his passion for sports, the arts, and the outdoor industry to work with individuals and businesses operating in these spaces. Thus, Salis Legal was born to provide high-quality contract, intellectual property, and entity formation legal services specifically tailored to athletes, artists, and brands.
Outside of work, Ryan enjoys snowboarding, splitboarding, river surfing, trips to the coast, going to the gym, playing hockey, and unwinding with a cold plunge and sauna.
Meet Ryan W. Frank
Born and raised in Montana, Ryan graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman in 2016 with a B.S. in Economics and a minor in Business Administration. Following graduation, Ryan balanced his passion for snowboarding and splitboarding in the mountains around Bozeman with part-time work as the marketing and office manager for a local mountain guide service and evenings at area restaurants. In 2018, Ryan moved to Missoula to work as a marketing manager at TOMIS, a software and marketing startup for the tourism industry. Ryan then pursued his legal studies at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana, where he earned his Juris Doctorate in May 2022. During law school, Ryan had the privilege of serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Public Land and Resources Law Review.
