Ron's introduction to mediation came in
1991 with his graduation from the Attorney-Mediators Institute of
Dallas. He is also a graduate of the A.A. White Dispute Resolution
Institute at the University of Houston. He has attended and completed
numerous other courses in mediation. He has mediated more than one
thousand cases to a settlement. As a practicing attorney, he attended
hundreds of mediations both as counsel and special counsel (solely for
the mediation) to plaintiffs and defendants.
Ron is licensed to practice law in
Missouri, Texas and several federal district courts as well as the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He
is an approved neutral by the Missouri Supreme Court, the United
States District Courts for the Eastern District of Missouri,
and the American Arbitration Association. From 1982 to 2008 he was
Board Certified in Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal
Specialization. He has authored several articles concerning mediation
for bar journals and serves as a speaker on mediation for both
the Missouri Bar and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.