About Ron
Ron’s practice concentrates in the areas of Environmental and Administrative law. His practice focuses primarily on environmental permitting and regulatory enforcement actions and on environmental due diligence aspects of real estate and brownfield transactions.
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 water programs.
Ron has worked for the past several years with the National Business Institute’s annual program on Advanced Real Estate Law in Alabama. He is a member of the Environment and Energy Committee of the Business Council of Alabama and has served as Advisor to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management on various rulemaking initiatives. He 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 he has recently completed work as 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.
For the Alabama State Bar, Ron is the current Chair-Elect of the Environmental Law Section, and is also a member of the Section’s Executive Committee. He is also a member and past Officer of the Administrative Law Section and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Environmental Law.
While in law school, Ron was on the Championship Moot Court Team and was selected to the National Order of the Barristers.
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 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.