Ron Bankston is a Board Certified Attorney and Distinguished Credentialed Mediator with more than 30 years of first chair trial experience and 20 years of experience as a mediator. He has worked for and managed large and small law firms, and has represented plaintiffs and defendants, individuals, families, small businesses, corporations and governmental entities.
Ron has served as trial counsel and as mediator in almost every area of civil litigation, including personal injury, wrongful death, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions, Title IX, commercial litigation, real estate, employment, insurance, product liability, construction, appellate, probate and professional liability.
Case Experience
Commercial/Business
Construction
Contract Disputes
Insurance
Personal Injury
Police
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Torts
Transportation
Workers' Compensation
Wrongful Death
Education
University of Houston Law Center – JD 1977
University of Houston – BA 1974
Harvard School of Public Health, Office of Continuing Education – Health Effects of Asbestos: Pulmonary Anatomy & Physiology, X-Ray Interpretation and Epidemiology of Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer and Other Malignancies: 1986
Attorney-Mediators Institute, Houston, Texas
Basic Mediator Training, January 1996
Skills Based Mediation Seminar, October 1997
Memberships & Affiliations
Admitted, State Bar of Texas and Supreme Court of Texas, 1977
Admitted, U.S. District Courts for Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Claims
Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Sustaining Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
Elected to American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2007
Member of Association for Conflict Resolution
HBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
University of Houston Honors College Advisory Board
University of Houston Speech and Debate Society Hall of Fame
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