Ronald A. Gregg

RONALD A. GREGG

Ronald A. Gregg, Esq. is senior partner of the Staten Island law office of Gregg and Associates.  Gregg served as a Senior Administrative Law Judge for the New York State Division on Human Rights for over a decade before retiring and entering into full-time private practice in April 2007.  Gregg is also president of The Global Lawyers, an international network of attorneys working in immigration and business law counseling immigrants and corporations alike.  Gregg is licensed to practice in New York, the District of Columbia as well as being admitted to the United States Supreme Court Bar, a high honor bestowed upon a comparatively small percentage of lawyers. It is one of the top ratings available for few attorneys in the United States.

Gregg is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association, New York Bar Association, Federal Court of the Southern and the Eastern Districts of New York State, New York State Court of Appeals, as well as member of Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association, Hattie M. Strong Foundation, Staten Island Mental Health Society and the United Way, Greater New York.  He is also chairman of the Neighborhood Advisory Board, #1 Community Development Agency.

But more than anything, Gregg considers his top priority to be that of a mentor to African-American youth.  Recently Gregg was elected as the President of the Richmond County Black & Minority Chamber of Commerce, a trade and lobbying organization affiliated with the National Black Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C.

Judge Gregg’s focus is to make an imprint not just for the moment but also for the black community of Staten Island for the future.  “Each individual has to make a determined effort to do what they can to be a mentor, and or leader in their community”  “It allows you to look back from where you came and show young people that they, too, can also achieve success.” 

Before entering private practice full-time, he spent more than 30 years in law enforcement, starting out as a New York City police officer.  And becoming the youngest Correction Administrator in the United States When Mayor David Dinkins Appointed him Trial Commissioner over Rikers Island the Largest Correction Facility in the United States.

Gregg, who graduated from New York Law School, is the recent recipient of the Louis R. Miller Business Leadership Award, The Mayor’s Urban Affairs Fellowship, the NAACP “Award for Outstanding Service” and the New York City Council Outstanding Community Service Award.