Background
Gerts, Ronald Joseph was born on September 22, 1946 in Berwyn, Illinois, United States. Son of Raymond Clarence and Helen Josephine (Loeffler) Gerts.
Gerts, Ronald Joseph was born on September 22, 1946 in Berwyn, Illinois, United States. Son of Raymond Clarence and Helen Josephine (Loeffler) Gerts.
Brown University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). John Marshall Law School (Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1977). Member, Order of John Marshall.
Member, National Moot Court Team.
Recipient, West Publishing Company Award. Assistant State's Attorney, Kankakee County, Illinois, 1977-1984.
Trial Attorney with Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1984- 1986.
Assistant state's attorney, Kankakee (Illinois) County, 1977-1984; trial attorney enforcement division, Commodities Future Trading Commission, Chicago, 1984-1986; litigation attorney, Gomberg & Scharfman, Chicago, 1986-1991; private practice, Bourbonnais, Illinois, since 1991.
Director United Way, Kankakee County, since 1993. Volunteer Christmas in April, Kankakee County, 1995. Member Illinois State Bar Association, Kankakee County Bar Association.
Married Pamela Sue Goldsmith, May 9, 1974. Children: Stephanie, Joseph.