When people see the success of WEBRIS today—one of the country’s leading agencies helping law firms grow through digital marketing—they often assume it was a straight line. But like most entrepreneurs who build something meaningful, Ryan Stewart’s journey started with something far more personal: frustration, curiosity, and an obsession with figuring things out his own way.
For Stewart, Miami wasn’t just the place he settled; it became the environment that shaped his vision for what a modern digital agency should look like. WEBRIS didn’t grow out of a boardroom or a startup incubator. It grew out of Stewart’s lived experience, his work with real businesses, and an early understanding that most marketing agencies simply weren’t built to deliver real, measurable results—especially for lawyers.
Discovering the Gap in the Market
Long before WEBRIS became a nationally recognized brand, Stewart was consulting independently. He worked with businesses across multiple industries, but over and over he noticed the same pattern: agencies were great at selling dreams, but not so great at delivering consistent outcomes. Fancy reports, vanity metrics, confusing dashboards—everything except what businesses actually needed: clients.
Working closely with owners, Stewart saw what they really cared about: phones ringing, cases closing, revenue growing. And as he dug deeper into specific industries, the legal space stood out.
Lawyers weren’t just underserved—they were being misled.
They were spending thousands on SEO that wasn’t aligned with their case mix, PPC campaigns without intake tracking, and brand content that didn’t move the needle. Stewart recognized two things immediately:
- Law firms needed a partner that actually understood the business of law.
- No one in the agency world was building a repeatable system to deliver predictable, client-generating outcomes for attorneys.
That recognition became the seed of WEBRIS.
Building WEBRIS: A Different Kind of Agency
Stewart founded WEBRIS in Miami with a simple vision: build an agency that could engineer growth—not guess at it.
Instead of selling vague “marketing packages,” he built frameworks. Instead of promising “SEO,” he built a model around blended search—using Local SEO, Local Service Ads, and Google Ads to dominate the areas where high-value legal cases originate.
More importantly, he structured WEBRIS around operations, not charisma. Every deliverable, every campaign, every client strategy is backed by documented processes, real data, and continuous iteration. This wasn’t by accident; Stewart’s background in systems and process design became one of the agency’s defining advantages.
Miami’s competitive landscape shaped this approach. If a law firm can win in Miami—one of the most saturated legal markets in the United States—it can win anywhere. WEBRIS was built in that fire, learning how to help attorneys stand out in a city where billboards, bus benches, and high-budget firms dominate the streets.
Why Lawyers?
People often ask Stewart why he chose to specialize in law firms instead of staying broad like other agencies. His answer is simple: impact.
Legal marketing isn’t just about cost-per-lead or keyword rankings. It’s about connecting people who are hurt, scared, or overwhelmed with attorneys who can literally change the trajectory of their lives.
In Miami, Stewart had a front-row seat to the way personal injury, family law, criminal defense, and immigration cases shape families and communities. He also saw how many incredible lawyers were losing cases—not in the courtroom, but in the marketplace—because bigger, flashier firms drowned them out.
WEBRIS became the bridge.
By helping smaller and mid-sized firms compete against industry giants, Stewart found a mission that went beyond marketing: level the playing field for lawyers who actually care about clients.
The Birth of Training: Marketing School for Lawyers
As WEBRIS grew, Stewart noticed another massive gap—most lawyers wanted control. They didn’t want to rely on agencies forever. They wanted to understand how marketing works, how intake systems function, and how to build sustainable growth from the inside.
So he created Marketing School for Lawyers, a Miami-based training platform that teaches attorneys how to manage their own marketing using frameworks, templates, and SOPs pulled directly from the WEBRIS playbook.
Instead of selling dependency, Stewart was selling empowerment
The program took off quickly, attracting solos, boutique firms, and even larger practices looking to bring marketing in-house. It positioned Stewart not just as an agency owner, but as one of the most respected voices in the legal marketing space.
A Miami Entrepreneur Through and Through
Even as WEBRIS expanded nationally, Miami remained part of Stewart’s identity. The city’s energy—fast-paced, bold, unapologetic—influences everything he builds. The diversity, the hustle, the mix of cultures, and the sense that anything is possible have all shaped the agency’s DNA.
WEBRIS today serves law firms across the country, but its foundation is unmistakably Miami: direct, data-driven, and laser-focused on outcomes.
Looking Forward
For Stewart, the mission is far from over. He’s continually evolving WEBRIS to stay ahead of the shifts in Google Search, Local Service Ads, Facebook Ads, and AI-powered platforms like ChatGPT.
As legal marketing transforms, Stewart is committed to keeping WEBRIS—and its clients—at the front edge of what works now, not what worked two years ago.
But at its core, WEBRIS still reflects the same principles it was founded on:
- Do the work others aren’t willing to do.
- Build systems that make results predictable.
- Put client outcomes above agency ego.
- Empower lawyers, don’t control them.
WEBRIS wasn’t created to be another agency. It was created to be the last one a law firm ever needs.
And if the journey so far is any indication, Stewart’s story—and the impact of WEBRIS—is just getting started.
