Board Certified in Health Law and the recipient of the highest rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Ronald A. Christaldi brings to the firm an extraordinary combination of legal experience and professional and community involvement. The Tampa Bay Business Journal has recognized him with its prestigious “40 under 40” award for professional accomplishments and community service.

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(813) 229-2775
Email:
rchristaldi@dgfirm.com

Florida Bar
Board Certified
Health Law Lawyer

Practice Focus:
Business Law,
Litigation and Transactions
Corporate Law
Health Care
Real Estate Transactions Title Insurance

Education:
Florida State University College of Law, J.D., with high honors
Florida State University, M.A., International Affairs
New College (Florida), B.A., History

 
Bar admissions:
The Florida Bar
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Representative community involvement:
Much of Ron’s wide ranging community service work focuses on children, cultural issues and the environment. Ron is Past Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee, President and member of the Board of Directors for the Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts and member of the Board of Directors for The Tampa Club, Inc. Ron also sits on the Board of Trustees and is Past Chair of Youth Environmental Services, Inc. (“YES”), a non-profit organization aimed at educating and rehabilitating troubled and at-risk young people. He also serves on the advisory boards of Creative Tampa Bay, Inc., the Florida Liver Association and the Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, one of the nation’s premier academic environmental and land use publications.
Representative professional affiliations:
Leadership Tampa (Class of 2003)
Tampa Connection
Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
American Health Lawyers Association
The Federal Bar Association
American Bar Association
The Hillsborough County Bar Association
  (Past Chair of Health Law Section)
Publications:
"Measuring Environmental Equity and Justice: A Proposed Health-Assessment Paradigm," International Journal of Public Administration (1999)

"Federal Medical Records Privacy Legislation on the Horizon," Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer (December 1997)

"Lawyers Beware: The Law Governing Confidentiality and HIV/AIDS Reporting is Changing," Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer (October 1997)

"Medicaid Providers Face New Set of Hoops for Participation," Medical Business (Gulf Coast Edition) (September 16, 1997)

"Florida's Water Future:  A Legislative Proposal for the Distribution of Water Resources in Florida," The Florida Bar Journal (June 1997)

"Confidentiality and HIV/AIDS Reporting: Changes in the Law," Medical Business (Gulf Coast Edition)(June 10, 1997)

"Locating the Source: A Historic Overview of Florida's Water Management Laws" Florida Water Resources Journal 56 (April 1997)

"Book Review -- International Human Rights (by Jack Donnelly)," 6 Journal of Transnational Law & Policy (1997)

Co-author: "Post-Trial Motions," Chapter 10 in Trials and Appeals (1997)

Co-author:  "The Location and Community Demographics of Targeted Environmental Hazardous Sites in Florida," 12 Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law 1 (1996)

"Sharing the Cup: A Proposal for the Allocation of Florida's Water Resources," 23 Florida State University Law Review 1063 (1996)

Co-author:  "Florida," in Waters and Water Rights (1996 Supplement)

"Book Review -- Dying from Dioxin: A Citizen's Guide to Reclaiming Our Health and Rebuilding Democracy (by Lois Marie Gibbs)," 11 Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law 467 (1996)

"The Shamrock and the Crown: A Historic Analysis of the Framework Document and the Prospects for Peace in Northern Ireland," 5 Journal of Transnational Law & Policy 123 (1995)