Ronald L. Burdge - a Dayton, Ohio (OH) Consumer Protection Lawyer

Dayton Consumer Protection Lawyer

Updated: 02/16/2026

Areas of Practice

Consumer Protection
Lemon Law

Litigation: 95%

Attorney Information

Overview

Ronald Burdge retired in 2025, and was a leading lemon law attorney known nationally for fighting for the rights of RV owners and helping them get rid of their lemon RVs of all types. As the founder and managing partner of Burdge Law Office, Ron has practiced exclusively in the areas of RV lemon law, Lemon law, and Consumer law since 1978.

Ronald L. Burdge is consumer Law Trial Attorney in private practice in Dayton, Ohio since 1978. A sizeable percentage of the reported cases under Ohio’s Consumer Sales Practices Act (the Ohio UDAP law) come from Mr. Burdge’s years of representing thousands of consumers in Auto-Fraud and Lemon cases in three states and numerous federal courts. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and has extensive trial and appellate experience in individual and class action cases involving lenders, car dealers and manufacturers, and is one of the few Consumer Law Trial Attorneys who has tried a class action case to a jury.

In 2004, he was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the National Association of Consumer Advocates.

Education

Legal Education
- University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- San Diego State University, San Diego, California, 1975
  B.A.
  Major: Communications

Current Employment Position(s)

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Classes and Seminars

College Teaching, Lectures, Consumer Law, Attorneys, Judges, Private Sector, Car Dealer Owner-Operators, Finance and Lending institution Officers and Managers

Representative Cases

Turner v. Bob Ross Buick, Inc.
- Citation: 1993 WL 485256
- Court: Ohio App. 2 Dist.
- Year: 1993
- Serial Number: 1993224575
State v. Rose Chevrolet, Inc.
- Citation: 1993 WL 229392
- Court: Ohio App. 12 Dist.
- Year: 1993
- Serial Number: 1993132299
Sprovach v. Bob Ross Buick, Inc.
- Citation: 628 N.E.2d 82
- Court: Ohio App. 2 Dist.
- Year: 1993
- Serial Number: 1994022656
Bittner v. Tri-County Toyota, Inc.
- Citation: 569 N.E.2d 464
- Court: Ohio
- Year: 1991
- Serial Number: 1991062340
Einhorn v. Ford Motor Co.
- Citation: 548 N.E.2d 933
- Court: Ohio
- Year: 1990
- Serial Number: 1990019624
Brown v. Liberty Clubs, Inc.
- Citation: 543 N.E.2d 783
- Court: Ohio
- Year: 1989
- Serial Number: 1989127803
Rose Chevrolet, Inc. v. Adams
- Citation: 520 N.E.2d 564
- Court: Ohio
- Year: 1988
- Serial Number: 1988039288
Hardeman v. Wheels, Inc.
- Citation: 565 N.E.2d 849
- Court: Ohio App. 12 Dist.
- Year: 1988
- Serial Number: 1991032527
Crull v. Maple Park Body Shop
- Citation: 521 N.E.2d 1099
- Court: Ohio App. 12 Dist.
- Year: 1987
- Serial Number: 1988051873
In re Hurst Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
- Citation: 72 B.R. 747
- Court: Bkrtcy.S.D.Ohio
- Year: 1987
- Serial Number: 1987059292
Brooks v. Hurst Buick-Pontiac-Olds-GMC, Inc.
- Citation: 491 N.E.2d 345
- Court: Ohio App. 12 Dist.
- Year: 1985
- Serial Number: 1986119718
Matter of Thacker
- Citation: 24 B.R. 835
- Court: Bkrtcy.S.D.Ohio
- Year: 1982
- Serial Number: 1982151344
Benchic v. Century Entertainment Corp.
- Citation: 25 B.R. 502
- Court: Bkrtcy.S.D.Ohio
- Year: 1982
- Serial Number: 1982155223
Matter of Century Entertainment Corp.
- Citation: 21 B.R. 160
- Court: Bkrtcy.S.D.Ohio
- Year: 1982
- Serial Number: 1982131151
Benchic v. Century Entertainment Corp.
- Citation: 20 B.R. 126
- Court: Bkrtcy.S.D.Ohio
- Year: 1982
- Serial Number: 1982123045
In re Walters
- Citation: 17 B.R. 644
- Court: Bkrtcy.S.D.Ohio
- Year: 1982
- Serial Number: 1982109033
Phillips v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.
- Citation: 398 N.E.2d 564
- Court: Ohio
- Year: 1979
- Serial Number: 1980339785

Bar Admissions

Ohio, 1978
Kentucky, 2004
U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1979
U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1979
U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2005
U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1982

Other Affiliations

Ohio State Bar Association (Member)
American Bar Association (Member)
Columbus Bar Association (Member)
Dayton Bar Association (Member)
Cincinnati Bar Association (Member)

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Contact

Dayton, OH

8250 Washington Village Drive
45458 Dayton, OH 45458 1850

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Websites:

http://www.ohiolemonlaw.com (Ohio Lemon Law)
http://www.kentuckylemonlaw.com (Kentucky Lemon Law)
http://www.RvLemonLaw.com (RV Lemon Law)
http://www.AssistiveDeviceLemonLaw.com (Assistive Device Lemon Law)
http://www.TheLawCoach.com (The Law Coach)
http://ohiolemonlaw.blogspot.com/ (Consumer Rights Law Blog)
http://autofraud.blogspot.com/ (Auto Sales Fraud Q & A)
http://thelawcoach.blogspot.com/ (The Law Coach Blog)
http://carrecalls.blogspot.com/ (Car Recalls Blog)
http://truckrecalls.blogspot.com/ (Truck Recalls Blog)
http://rvrecalls.blogspot.com/ (RV Recalls Blog)
http://motorcycleatvrecalls.blogspot.com/ (Motorcycle & ATV Recalls Blog)

Hours: 815 am to 500 pm

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