Biography

Ian A. Ramsey North is an Associate in Burns White’s Philadelphia office. He focuses his practice on the defense of healthcare providers, healthcare systems, and other medical entities in complex medical malpractice litigation.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Ramsey North served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted felony cases in the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit. He also worked as a Legal Intern for the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, where he conducted research and drafted legal memoranda on matters involving consumer protection, administrative law, civil procedure, and criminal law at both the state and federal levels.

Mr. Ramsey North earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Boston College Law School, where he received the St. Thomas More Award and a Merit Scholarship. He was a Fellow at both the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy. He also participated in the Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics and served as Executive Editor of the UCC Reporter-Digest.

Prior to law school, Mr. Ramsey North earned a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, where he was awarded the Dean’s Merit Scholarship. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Haverford College, where he received the Stephen H. Miller Memorial Award for Political Engagement and the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship Summer Research Scholarship.

Mr. Ramsey North is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.