Biography
Ron was previously a partner at one of the world’s largest law firms, where he served as chairman of the Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy Group and is now Of Counsel in V&E;’s New York office. He is considered one of the fathers of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, having been one of its chief architects and proponents in 1978. Ron served as chairman of the National Bankruptcy Conference from 1996-2004. He served as a consultant to the 1973 Commission on Bankruptcy Laws of the United States, playing a central role in the formulation of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

A member of the American Law Institute, he chaired the Chapter 11 programs for The American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education for several years, receiving its Harrison Tweed Award for Special Merit in Continuing Legal Education. Ron also served as planning chairman for the Williamsburg Conference on Bankruptcy, a review of the first ten years of the 1978 Bankruptcy Code and an agenda for reform.