About Ramsey B. Prather

Ramsey is a trial lawyer and partner at Butler Prather LLP, with offices in Atlanta, Columbus, and Savannah.

In 2025, he achieved the largest jury verdict in Georgia history—a $2.5 billion verdict against Ford Motor Company—alongside his law partner, legendary lead trial lawyer James E. Butler, Jr.

Ramsey represents clients in a variety of practice areas, including catastrophic personal injury matters, False Claims Act (whistleblower) litigation, and business disputes throughout Georgia and in other states.

Ramsey was selected as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers every year from 2019 through 2023. He was also listed by Super Lawyers in 2024 and 2025 based on peer reviews and independent research conducted by the rating agency.

In August 2019, Ramsey was part of the BP LLP trial team that secured a record-setting $280 million jury verdict in a wrongful death trucking case.

Ramsey is involved in the Georgia Bar and other community organizations. He is a member of the Georgia Bar’s Business Court Committee. Ramsey recently completed six years of service on the Board of Directors of Georgia Lawyers for the Arts.

Education

Before joining Butler Prather LLP, Ramsey practiced law for several years in King & Spalding LLP’s healthcare litigation group, where he represented healthcare entities—such as hospital systems, skilled nursing facilities, and long-term care pharmacies—in False Claims Act lawsuits, civil litigation proceedings, administrative matters, and government investigations.

Ramsey graduated from Tulane University Law School, magna cum laude, in 2010. While in law school, Ramsey served as editor-in-chief of the Tulane Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Following law school, Ramsey served as a law clerk to the Honorable William H. Pryor Jr. on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and to the Honorable Lance M. Africk on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.