Ronald (Ron) Cross grew up in Richmond, Indiana. He graduated from Richmond High School in 1965 and from Indiana University in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in economics. While in undergraduate school he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa academic honorary fraternity and joined Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity. After working for three years in the management-training program at Belden Corporation in Richmond, Ron returned to school in 1973 to study law at Indiana University - Indianapolis. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from law school in 1976 and became a member of the Richmond firm of Reller, Mendenhall, Kleinknecht & Milligan where he practiced until January 1, 1998, when he joined the newly created firm of Boston Bever Klinge Cross & Chidester. Ron has practiced for more than thirty years with concentrations in school law, municipal law, banking and business law, and the representation of corporate and individual clients in a general civil practice. He has served as general counsel to Richmond Community Schools, Richmond, Indiana, since 1978. Ron served as assistant city attorney for the City of Richmond from 1992 through 1995. Since January 01, 2001, Ron has served as County Attorney for Wayne County Government. In 1990 he was appointed as the District 10 council member representing parts of east central Indiana on the council of the Business Law Section of the Indiana State Bar Association. In 1998, Ron was appointed by the Indiana Supreme Court to serve as a member of the State Board of Law Examiners’ Character & Fitness Committee.