Ronald Gates, Attorney at Law
Ronald M. Gates has practiced in all phases of business and corporate law involving public and private companies. He assists clients regularly in business formation, choice of entity, asset protection, business expansion, exit and succession planning, purchase and sale of businesses, employment, leases, shareholder and non-compete agreements, and contract negotiation and drafting. He has served as general counsel to public and private companies and financial institutions and as lead counsel in numerous mergers and acquisitions, private securities offerings and franchise registrations. He has been listed in Virginia’s “Legal Elite“, “Virginia Super Lawyer” and in the registry of business and professional leaders in the area of business law in “Who’s Who Worldwide.”
- Virginia
1969 - Virginia Supreme Court
1969 - U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
1973 - U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
1976 - U.S. Supreme Court
1976
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia
J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1969 - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
B.A. - 1966



