About Richard S.
Richard S. Baron built his legal foundation after a course of study grounded in environmental science and the law. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Education from Michigan State University in 1978 and completed his J.D. at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1981. Those two degrees have informed a long legal career that bridges technical subjects and courtroom practice.
He entered practice after law school and has worked on matters that require both legal analysis and an understanding of environmental issues. He has maintained bar admission in Michigan and Wisconsin. He is also admitted pro hac vice in a number of state courts, including California, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, New York, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Texas and the U.S. Virgin Islands. His admissions extend to federal bankruptcy courts in New York and to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Those credentials have allowed him to appear in a wide range of forums over the years.
Baron has been active in professional circles that intersect law and environmental regulation. He served as chairperson of the State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section. He holds memberships in the International Association of Defense Counsel and the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance. Those roles have kept him engaged on issues that affect clients, practitioners and insurers who confront environmental and complex litigation matters.
His practice experience spans regulatory compliance, environmental disputes and related litigation. He handles matters that require coordination among counsel, experts and clients who face technical and procedural challenges. He is comfortable preparing filings for different courts and pursuing procedural relief where cases cross state lines or federal and state jurisdictions.
Partners and colleagues describe him as steady in litigation settings and pragmatic when confronting regulatory complications. He has navigated cases that call for both technical fact development and careful legal strategy. Over time he has built familiarity with the practical steps needed to advance or defend claims that touch on environmental statutes and regulatory programs.
Now at Foley Baron Metzger & Juip PLLC, he continues to represent clients in matters that blend environmental law, insurance and litigation. He concentrates his current practice on environmental law and related litigation, appearing where his admissions permit and taking pro hac vice appearances when matters require it.
