Jay Ramsey is a go-to litigator and trial attorney who advises clients in complex business litigation and consumer class actions.
Business Disputes
Jay helps his clients assert and defend claims involving:
- Manufacturing, supply, and distribution agreements, including in the aerospace, defense, electronics and retail industries.
- Commercial real-estate transactions and development agreements.
- Intellectual property disputes, licensing agreements, distribution rights, profit participation and accounting issues.
- Mergers and acquisitions, including claims for breaches of representations and warranties.
- Software implementations and solutions, including ERP implementations and SaaS-based solutions.
Jay’s clients have included financial institutions, real estate owners and developers, movie and television studios, aerospace and defense contractors, electronics manufacturers, retailers and other consumer brands, and hospitals and other health care providers.
Class Actions and Mass Arbitrations
Jay defends clients in a range of consumer class actions and mass arbitrations, including defending companies against:
- False advertising claims.
- False discount pricing claims.
- Product liability and warranty claims.
- Alleged privacy violations, including under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
- Data breach claims.
He has handled class actions and mass arbitrations for major retailers, brands, and product manufacturers, lead generators, advertising networks, food and beverage companies, insurers, health plans, hospitals, airlines and telecommunications companies.
Along with his litigation practice, Jay also advises and counsels clients on a variety of marketing, advertising, pricing, privacy and related e-commerce matters.
In addition to serving as managing partner of the Century City office, Jay leads the firm’s consumer class action defense team and is a leader of the firm’s Out at Sheppard LGBTQ Group.
In this free time, Jay enjoys spending time with his family, cooking and travel.

