Ryan W. Brackley was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.  He received his undergraduate degree from Boston College and his law degree from Brooklyn Law School.  

Mr. Brackley served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan (New York County) District Attorney’s Office from 1991 to 2004.  At the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, he handled investigations and prosecutions of every type of criminal case - including Economic Crimes, Assault, Sexual Assault and Rape, Robbery, Burglary, Narcotics related crimes, Grand Jury investigations and Homicides.  He also served as the Criminal Court (Misdemeanor Court) Supervisor and Deputy Bureau Chief of the Trial Division. Ryan finished his career in Manhattan as the Senior Trial Counsel in the Homicide Investigation Bureau, focusing on drug-related cold case homicides.

After moving to Colorado in 2004, Mr. Brackley worked briefly in the private sector at the law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber and Schreck before returning to criminal justice practice at the Colorado Attorney General’s Major Case Unit.  He has also worked in the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office (Arapahoe/Douglas Counties) as a Senior Deputy District Attorney, where he was assigned to a capital murder case and a number of cold case homicides.

Ryan was the Assistant District Attorney in the 20th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Boulder County from 2009 to 2017, and most recently the Assistant District Attorney in the 2nd Judicial District in the City and County of Denver.

As a prosecutor, Ryan Brackley was the chairperson of the Statewide Cold Case Review Team, and in 2013 was chosen by the Colorado District Attorney’s Council as the Colorado Prosecutor of the Year.

Ryan Brackley has handled cases in New York City, Denver, Boulder, Longmont, Fort Collins, Adams, Arapahoe County, Hinsdale and Broomfield Counties, Castle Rock, Colorado Springs, Greeley, Pueblo, Alamosa, Delta, Gunnison, and Grand Junction, and has lectured on Criminal Justice issues throughout Colorado and the United States.  He has made numerous local and national media appearances, including Dateline (NBC), 48Hours (CBS), The Hunt with John Walsh (CNN), Tales from the Morgue and Forensic Files (TruTv).

Ryan lives with his wife and family in Denver.  He is a competitive mountain runner and has completed mountain ultramarathons all over the Western US.