Background
Gates, Ronald Monroe was born on March 25, 1944 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Son of James Erwin and Goldie V. (Smith) Gates.
Gates, Ronald Monroe was born on March 25, 1944 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Son of James Erwin and Goldie V. (Smith) Gates.
Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). Washington & Lee University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1969). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1968-1969.
Assistant District Legal Officer, Fifth Coast Guard District, United States.
Coast Guard, 1970-1973.
Worked at Payne, Gates, Farthing & Radd, Professional Corporation (Norfolk, Virginia) specializing in Corporation, Litigation, Taxation, Probate, Intellectual Property, Securities, Antitrust, Franchise, Commercial Real Estate, Products Liability and Personal Injury Law, Construction and Government Contracts Law. General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Virginia.
Phi Alpha Delta.
Member, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1968-1969. Assistant District Legal Officer, Fifth Coast Guard District, United States. Coast Guard, 1970-1973.
Listed, Who"s Who Worldwide in Business Law.
Member: Norfolk and Portsmouth and Virginia Bar Associations. Payne, Gates attorneys have, for over a quarter century, provided a full range of legal services to those who require exceptional representation.
Our clients receive the same high quality service whether they are owners of small private businesses, public corporations, professionals or individuals with personal legal needs.
President Ghent Neighborhood League, Norfolk, Virginia, 1985. Member Virginia State Bar Association, Norfolk/Portsmouth Bar Association, Kiwanis International (president harbor front club 1976, lieutenant governor 16th division 1981, chair new club building since 1996, community service 1994-1996), First Presbyterian Church, Norfolk, Virginia.
Married Lucy S. Gates, January 6, 1979. 1 child, James Erwin, World War II.