Erica A. Ramsey

Erica A. Ramsey is a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP in Sioux Falls who manages high-stakes litigation involving serious personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, insurance, product liability, construction defects, contracts, and consumer fraud. Erica practices in the firm’s national Business Litigation Group and represents both plaintiffs and defendants. She also advises insurers on coverage questions and handles coverage and bad-faith litigation involving complex commercial claims.

Erica earned a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2010 with a certificate in Advocacy and Order of the Coif recognition. She served on the Kansas Law Review as an associate editor and staff member. She earned a B.S. in Criminal Justice and Psychology, magna cum laude, from the University of South Dakota in 2006. This background supports detailed litigation and evidence analysis.

Erica has handled cases involving building collapses, gas explosions, fires, hurricanes, pipeline failures, and radioactive-material exposures. She previously served as national counsel defending manufacturers of medical equipment and consumer goods in tort and contract claims around the country. Her local practice also includes medical malpractice and personal injury matters for injured people, where she draws on her defense experience and works with medical professionals to evaluate complicated injuries and treatment issues.

Erica A. Ramsey has been recognized in Chambers USA for South Dakota general commercial litigation and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Erica’s practice is also supported by experience working with experts from technical and medical fields. She focuses on efficient management of discovery and early case resolution while remaining prepared for contested litigation, helping clients address complex facts, insurance questions, liability theories, and significant potential damages.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Member, The Missouri Bar
• Member, State Bar of South Dakota
• Member, South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, Second Circuit Bar Association
• Member, Second Circuit Women In Law
• Member, DRI

Licensed State

• Minnesota
• Missouri
• South Dakota

Education

• University of South Dakota
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Criminal Justice and Psychology Magna Cum Laude

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