Ron Weich was appointed Dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law in May 2012. Immediately prior to assuming his current position, he served as the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs in the U.S. Department of Justice, a position to which he was appointed by President Obama in 2009. In that role, Weich represented the Justice Department on all legislative and oversight matters before Congress.

Earlier in his career, Weich served as Chief Counsel to U.S. Senators Harry Reid and Edward M. Kennedy. From 1997 to 2004, Weich was a partner in the law firm of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP. He began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City.

Weich, a native New Yorker, is a graduate of Columbia University and the Yale Law School.