Ronald P. "Ron" Weiss

Ronald P. "Ron" Weiss


Bulkley Richardson and Gelinas, LLP

Recognized since 1993

Springfield, Massachusetts

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Tax Law

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Ron Weiss focuses in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and business matters, taxation, and estate planning for professionals and owners of closely-held businesses. He is also actively involved in the firm’s Trustee Support Services business.

Ron is general counsel for the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, of which he was a founder; general counsel for the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, where he has also served as president and chairman and continues to serve on its Board of Directors; a founder and former member of the board of advisors of the Family Business Center of Pioneer Valley (formerly the UMass Family Business Center); past Chairman of the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Western Massachusetts; and actively involved as a board member and volunteer for several other non-profit organizations.

He has served as chairman of the Taxation Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA), on the Councils of the Business and Probate Law Sections of the MBA, and as a member of the MBA board of delegates and executive committee. He has also served as a trustee of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. and as a member of its curriculum committee, as a member and chairman of the appropriations committee for the town of Longmeadow, and as a member of the board of advisors of the Hanson Initiative for Language and Literacy at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, Inc.

Location
  • 1500 Main Street, Suite 2700
    P.O. Box 15507
    Springfield, MA 01115-5507
Education
  • University of Pennsylvania, J.D., graduated 1972
  • Dartmouth College, BA, graduated 1968
Bar Admissions
  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association
Affiliations
  • Hampden County Bar Association - Member
  • Massachusetts Bar Association - Member
  • Massachusetts Bar Foundation - Member

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2011 - Corporate Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Corporate Law, Springfield, MA (2011)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Tax Law
Special Focus:
  • Business and Succession Planning
  • Closely-Held Businesses
  • COVID-19
  • Emerging Business
  • Family Businesses
  • General Corporate
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Nonprofit Organizations and Charitable Giving
  • Subchapter S Corporations
  • Tax
  • Tax Planning
  • Transactions
  • Trusts and Estates
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Trusts and Estates

Publications

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