Ron Baradel is a senior partner in the firm of Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan, P.A. A graduate of Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Maryland and Georgetown University Law Center, he has been practicing law in Annapolis for 38 years. Before that, he was an F.B.I. agent in Indianapolis, Indiana and New York City.

He is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Annapolis and has served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s Schools and as a member of the Board of Directors of Hospice Cup, Inc., Indian Creek School, and Anne Arundel County CASA.

Ron’s mother died of lung cancer when he was 10 years old. That experience had a profound effect on his life and served as the impetus for his joining the board of Wellness House.