John D. Ramer

John D. Ramer has experience litigating cases at every stage—from the filing of a complaint through a final judgment on appeal. He specializes in complex litigation with an emphasis on constitutional and administrative law. His successes include serving on a trial team that obtained an $800 million jury verdict.

State officials around the Nation have trusted Mr. Ramer to help defend state laws from constitutional challenges. He has represented the Governors of Florida and Virginia, the Attorneys General of Alabama and Idaho, the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Legislature of North Carolina. In these roles, he has helped defeat claims brought under the First Amendment, Equal Protection Clause, and the Due Process Clause.

Mr. Ramer joined Cooper & Kirk in 2021.  Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to Justice Neil M. Gorsuch of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Raymond M. Kethledge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  He also served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice during the Supreme Court’s October 2019 term.

Mr. Ramer received his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he graduated first in his class, served as an editor of the Michigan Law Review, and received the Henry M. Bates Memorial Scholarship Award, which the law school describes as its highest honor for graduates.

Prior to law school, Mr. Ramer served almost five years as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy, deploying multiple times aboard different classes of ships.  He also holds a B.S. in Finance from Boston College, where he captained the varsity alpine ski team.  Mr. Ramer is admitted to the bar of the State of Michigan and the District of Columbia.