“Ron’s intimate knowledge of environmental regulations and enforcement policy along with his experience with both state and federal regulators has made him an invaluable resource for both our clients and our company in negotiating environmental compliance and strategy issues.”
Ron has worked with and for members of Congress, State legislatures, and public commissions and departments in an effort to develop and implement reasonable policies and solutions to various issues, both individual and general in nature.
Ron’s practice concentrates in the areas of Environmental and Administrative law. He counsels and represents clients on a wide variety of environmental permitting, compliance and regulatory enforcement matters and on environmental due diligence aspects of real estate and brownfield transactions. He has represented a wide range of clients, large and small, public and private, with particularized needs including industrial recruitment, site selection, construction on greenfield and brownfield sites, expansions and transfers as well as ongoing compliance requirements and response to enforcement actions. Ron is a contributing author to the firm's Environmental Law Matters Blog providing news and tips to clients on environmental matters.
Prior to joining the firm in 1997, Ron practiced twelve years with the Office of General Counsel of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, where he held the positions of Associate General Counsel and Assistant Attorney General. His duties included representing the Department in a variety of legal matters, particularly those involving hazardous and solid waste management and wastewater regulation.
Ron is a member of the American Bar Association (Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section), the Alabama State Bar and the State Bar of Georgia (Section on the Environment). For the Alabama State Bar, Ron recently served as Chair of the Bar’s Environmental Law Section, and he currently serves as a member of the Section’s Executive Committee. He is also a member and past officer of the Bar’s Administrative Law Section.
In 2010 he served as Chair of the Southern Section (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee) of the Air & Waste Management Association, an international organization of environmental professionals. He is also an active member of Manufacture Alabama, an association of industries and support professions. Within MA, he works closely with the organization’s Environmental Committee, chairing its subcommittee on waste issues. Ron is also a member of the Environment and Energy Committee of the Business Council of Alabama.
Ron has served as an advisor to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management on various rulemaking initiatives. He has also served as a Consultant to the Environmental Management Commission’s Advisory Committee on Improving Procedures and Participation by the Public and the Regulated Community, and was Co-Chair of an Advisory Committee to the Commission that recommended improvements to the Department of Environmental Management’s enforcement and administrative penalty policies and procedures.
While in law school, Ron was on Mercer’s Championship Moot Court Team and was selected to the National Order of the Barristers. Prior to entering law school, Ron served as a legislative aide to the Honorable Elliott H. Levitas, a Member of Congress from Georgia’s Fourth District.
Ron has worked with and for members of Congress, State legislatures, and public commissions and departments in an effort to develop and implement reasonable policies and solutions to various issues, both individual and general in nature.
Ron’s practice concentrates in the areas of Environmental and Administrative law. He counsels and represents clients on a wide variety of environmental permitting, compliance and regulatory enforcement matters and on environmental due diligence aspects of real estate and brownfield transactions. He has represented a wide range of clients, large and small, public and private, with particularized needs including industrial recruitment, site selection, construction on greenfield and brownfield sites, expansions and transfers as well as ongoing compliance requirements and response to enforcement actions. Ron is a contributing author to the firm's Env...
Personal Q&A
What is your favorite thing about the law?
That the law evolves and can reward well-reasoned thought.
What community projects are you involved in?
I serve on the Board of Directors of the Downtown YMCA in Birmingham. I have been involved as a volunteer advisor to the Alabama Environmental Management Commission in the Commission’s efforts to revise policies and procedures of the State’s Department of Environmental Management.
What was your first job?
Short order cook.
What are your hobbies?
Hunting and fishing.
What advice would you give to a young student in law school?
Recognize and appreciate the importance of a basic course like civil procedure and take a trial advocacy class. The former introduces and helps develop an appreciation of the significant role of procedural process in almost ...
What is your favorite thing about the law?
That the law evolves and can reward well-reasoned thought.
What community projects are you involved in?
I serve on the Board of Directors of the Downtown YMCA in Birmingham. I have been involved as a volunteer advisor to the Alabama Environmental Management Commission in the Commission’s efforts to revise policies and procedures of the State’s Department of Environmental Management.
What was your first job?
Short order cook.
What are your hobbies?
Hunting and fishing.
What advice would you give to a young student in law school?
Recognize and appreciate the importance of a basic course like civil procedure and take a trial advocacy class. The former introduces and helps develop an appreciation of the significant role of procedural process in almost all aspects of the law, and the latter helps with organization and thinking skills.