MID-SOUTH COMMERCIAL LAW INSTITUTE FACULTY

WILLIAM T. RAMSEY

Bill Ramsey grew up on a farm in Viola, Tennessee. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology where he graduated in 1973 with honors in Mechanical Engineering. He received his law degree in 1981 from the University of Tennessee where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the University of Tennessee Law Review. After graduating, Mr. Ramsey served as a law clerk for the Honorable Harry Phillips of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. After his clerkship, he joined Neal & Harwell.

He is past President of the Nashville Bar Association, a Fellow in the Nashville Bar Foundation, and a member of the American Bar Association, the American Bar Foundation, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and active in the Tennessee Bar Association and the Harry Phillips Inn of Court. He is also active in the Nashville community as a member of the Development Board of Second Harvest Food Bank, the Co-Director of the Music City Triathlon and a volunteer for several charities. The primary focus of his practice is complex civil and criminal litigation. He also has a significant entertainment law practice representing artists and entertainers. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, all federal and state courts in Tennessee, and many other federal circuit courts of appeals.

Mr. Ramsey has represented a variety of defendants in federal white collar prosecutions and investigations, including bank, healthcare, securities, tax and mail and wire fraud cases. His extensive civil jury trial experience includes cases involving personal injury, business torts, computer and technology litigation, and complex commercial transactions. His practice also encompasses securities litigation and securities and business dispute arbitration, both as arbitrator and advocate.

He is responsible for the design, implementation and operation of all technology systems at Neal & Harwell and has lectured extensively on the use of technology in the practice of law, litigation involving computers and technology, and the impact of the internet on litigation and general law practice.

Bill and his wife Lisa still take the time to operate his family farm. His family has farmed the property continuously since the early 1800s with row crops and livestock. He is dedicated to continuing the tradition, even though he also has a busy law practice. His vision is to work with other local farmers to produce crops and livestock that will be sold and consumed locally.