Michael F. Ram

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      Michael F. Ram

      Michael F. Ram

      Morgan & MorganTotal Records: 1
      711 Van Ness Ave, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA, 94102

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      Michael F. Ram is a consumer class action lawyer with 40 years of experience. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1982. In 1992 he was a co-recipient of the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award given by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice for National Association of Radiation Survivors v. Walters No. 83-c-1861 (N.D. Cal.)

      From 1993 through 1997, Mr. Ram was with Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann and Bernstein where he represented plaintiffs in several major class actions, including:

      Cox v. Shell, Civ. No 18,844 (Obion County Chancery Court, Tenn.) national class of six million owners of property with defective polybutylene plumbing systems and In re Louisiana-Pacific Inner-Seal Litigation, No. 95-cv-879 (D. Oregon) (co-lead counsel) national class of homeowners with defective siding.

      In 1997, Mr. Ram founded Levy, Ram & Olson. He was co-lead counsel in many consumer class actions including a national class of half a million owners of dangerous glass pane gas fireplaces in Keilholtz et al. v. Superior Fireplace Company, No. 08-cv-00836 (N.D. Cal. 2008). He was co-lead counsel in Chamberlan v. Ford Motor Company, No. 03-cv-2628 (N.D. Cal.), a class action involving defective intake manifolds that generated four published opinions, including one by the Ninth Circuit, 402 F.3d at 950, and settled one court day before the class trial.

      He heads the consumer products and automotive litigation department as well as the co-lead counsel in numerous consumer class actions, including Gold v. Lumber Liquidators, N.D. Cal. No. 14-cv-05373-RS, a certified multistate class action involving bamboo floors. He is also currently serving on the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee In re Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level Pap, And Mechanical Ventilator Products Litigation, where he is co-chair of the Law and Briefing Committee.

      Bar Admission

      California, 1982

      U.S. District Court Northern District of California

      U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

      United States Supreme Court

      Other Affiliations

      American Association for Justice

      Achievements

      • Other Sources of Feedback About Michael F. Ram
      • Included on the 2021 Northern California

      Past Lists

      • 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2014 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2013 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2012 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2011 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2008 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2007 Northern California Super Lawyers list
      • 2006 Northern California Super Lawyers list

      Education

      • Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts

        Honors: cum laude

      • Cornell University

        Honors: magna cum laude

      Honers

      • Trial Lawyer of the Year from Trial Lawyers for Public Justice 2022 Top 50 Lawyers In America

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