Ramsey Prather

Attorney Ramsey Prather is a partner with Butler Prather  LLP law firm, which has law offices in Atlanta, Savannah and Columbus, Georgia. A top-rated, award-winning trial lawyer with more than 10 years of experience, Mr. Prather provides exceptional counsel and support to clients throughout Georgia as well as across the country who have legal needs involving any of the following: · False Claims Act and whistleblower/qui tam claims · Business torts · Personal injury Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Prather has handled a variety of highly complex cases in Georgia and other states. Among his most notable successes, he and his partner Jim Butler obtained the largest jury verdict in Georgia history—a $2.5 billion verdict in February 2025 on behalf of two Georgians who were killed when a defective roof crushed down on them in a rollover wreck.  He was also part of the trial team that secured a landmark verdict of $280 million in a wrongful death case arising from a trucking accident, and he has secured many other recoveries for clients in excess of a million dollars. A leader in his field, Mr. Prather has written extensively and conducted lectures and continuing legal education seminars on a variety of legal topics.  He has served as co-chair of the False Claims Act Summit. He is also an active member of the State Bar of Georgia as well as the organization's Business Court. He is also an active member of Taxpayers Against Fraud, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and other local, state and national legal organizations. A 2005 magna cum laude graduate of New York University, Mr. Prather obtained his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Tulane Law School in 2010, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Tulane Law Review. He graduated Order of the Coif. Honored for his outstanding professionalism and service, Mr. Prather has earned consistent top rankings and endorsements from his peers, and he received the King & Spalding Pro Bono Service Award each year between 2012 and 2015 along with the Tulane 34 Award in 2010.