- Older brother of Bruce Ratner and Ellen Ratner.
- 1966 graduate of Brandeis University. Received his law degree from Columbia Law School.
- Attorney and president of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a non-profit human rights litigation organization based in New York City.
- He clerked for federal Judge Constance Baker Motley.
- Served as President of the National Lawyers Guild.
- His younger brother is Bruce Ratner, a billionaire real estate developer.
- Wrote "Moving The Bar: My Life As A Radical Lawyer" which was published posthumously in 2021 by O/R Books.
- While attending Columbia University Law School he worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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