Background
Wertheim, Ronald Peter was born on September 7, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis B. and Ruth (Gebelein) Wertheim.
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Ronald Peter Wertheim
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Bachelor of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1954, Juris Doctor, 1957. Diploma Hague Academy International Law, 1962.
Career
Bar: Pennsylvania 1958, Distric.1969. Association Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, 1957-1959. Public defender, Philadelphia, 1959-1961.
Associate professor of law University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1961-1964;deputy general counsel Peace Corps, Washington, 1964-1965, director Peace Corps, North-East Brazil, 1966-1968.
Associate, then partner Ginsburg, Feldman & Bress, Washington, 1969-1979. Associate judge Superior Court of District of Columbia, Washington, 1982-1992, senior judge, 1992.
Private arbitrator and mediator, 1992. Alternate representative United Nations Conference on Law of Sea, 1977.
Board director Defense Department Task Force on Law of Sea, 1977.
Member United States Merit Systems Protection Board, 1979-1982.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Arena Stage, Washington, 1971—1981. Member of American Law Institute, Cosmos Club.
Connections
Married Mitzi Dewey Mallina, February 25, 1965 (divorced 1988). Children: Carter, Christiana. Married Elizabeth Osborne Wertheim, February 16, 1991.
