About John D.
John D. Ramer built a legal path that runs from finance studies to the highest courtroom in the land. He earned a B.S. in Finance from Boston College in 2010 and completed his J.D. at the University of Michigan Law School in 2017. Those academic stops set a practical tone. He combined technical detail with courtroom procedure early on.
Ramer began his post-law school career in the federal appellate world. In 2018 he served as a law clerk to Judge Raymond Kethledge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The following year he was a Bristow Fellow at the U.S. Department of Justice, a role that placed him inside the office that handles the Solicitor General’s work. In 2020 he clerked for Justice Neil Gorsuch at the Supreme Court of the United States, gaining direct exposure to the Court’s procedures and deliberations.
In 2021 Ramer joined Cooper & Kirk PLLC as an associate. That move followed a string of clerkships and a federal fellowship. It also placed him in private practice at a firm known for appellate litigation. His employment there ties together his appellate experience and his work on federal matters.
Ramer’s background suggests a concentration on issues that arise in appellate courts and in federal litigation. His time with a circuit judge, the Department of Justice, and a Supreme Court justice provided a range of perspectives on legal briefing, oral argument and the mechanics of appellate decision-making. He has worked at different stages of cases: preparing briefs, researching complex points of federal law, and observing high-level argument strategy.
Colleagues have noted his steady handling of procedural complexity and his facility with written advocacy, elements that are important in appellate practice. Those skills also translate to matters that touch on constitutional questions and federal statutory interpretation, areas that often appear in the appeals courts and the Supreme Court docket.
Ramer practices in Michigan and in federal forums. He is currently an associate at Cooper & Kirk PLLC. His current practice centers on appellate litigation and federal questions.
