Ronnie A. Gosselin

• Member of the regional counsel team for a major chemical company in connection with the oversight of local counsel and defense litigation; assisted in securing a full defense verdict in a toxic tort action after a two-week jury trial in Louisiana.
• Member of the national trial counsel team and national coordinating co-counsel for a Fortune 500 automotive parts supplier in asbestos litigation.
• Conducted and coordinated global due diligence among international and local counsel in 30 jurisdictions for a Fortune 50 company in a hazardous materials service expansion.
• Advised on internal corporate audits and assisted clients with disclosing potential violations under the EPA’s voluntary self-disclosure policy.
• Member of the counsel team to glass recyclers and processors for issues related to recycling of CRTs and CRT glass under California law.
• Assisted various Fortune 500 lenders in conducting environmental due diligence and evaluating potential environmental liabilities for large-scale real estate transactions.
• Assisted in the defense of the world’s second-largest glass manufacturing company in an enforcement action by the California DTSC concerning alleged hazardous waste violations under California law.

Ronnie Gosselin is a senior associate with Alston & Bird's Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Team. She focuses her practice on environmental litigation and regulatory compliance with state and federal statutes. Ronnie also assists clients with the handling of hazardous materials, conducting environmental due diligence in the context of real estate transactions and coordinating and vetting the legal work of local counsel on large, multijurisdictional projects. 

Before joining Alston & Bird, Ronnie clerked for the Honorable Judge Anne E. Thompson of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Ronnie received her J.D. from Harvard University, where she served on the Board of Student Advisors for the Legal Research and Writing Program and as an editor for the Harvard International Law Journal. Upon graduation, Ronnie received the Dean’s Award for Community Leadership, given annually to those graduating students who have contributed to improving the law school community through work in student organizations, community service groups, and individual efforts. In 2007, she received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Wellesley College. 

Before attending law school, Ronnie worked for the Administrative Office of the Courts of Georgia.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Harvard University (J.D., 2012)
• Wellesley College (B.A., 2007)

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