Ron Kuby is one of the most popular and richest Radio Personality who was born on July 31, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Ronald L. Kuby, born July 31, 1956, is an American radio talk show host, television commentator and lawyer in the areas of criminal defense and civil rights. He also hosted radio programs for Air America and WABC Radio in New York.
In 1983, Kuby received his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School. Kuby declined an invitation to join the Cornell Law Review because of his grades. He was one of the best students in his class.
Kuby was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, who died in 1990, was a Franciscan monk who converted to Judaism and became a militant Zionist before becoming Christian again. His parents divorced when he was five years old, after which Kuby lived with his mother. At 13, he joined the Jewish Defense League under the influence of his father, who was a follower of Meir David Kahane. As a teenager he emigrated to Israel, but returned to the U.S. after being disillusioned by what he describes as “anti-Arab racism”.
After Kunstler’s death, Kuby continued the work of his late mentor. In 1996, he won a judgment of $43 million for Darrell Cabey against Bernhard Goetz in connection with the 1984 New York City Subway shooting. He also won nearly a million dollars for members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club who were wrongfully arrested by the New York City Police Department. He won the 2001 release of two men imprisoned 13 years, for a murder they did not commit, and a judgment of $3.3 million for the pair. He secured a reversal of a murder conviction for a mentally ill homeless man whose candle accidentally caused the death of a firefighter. In 2005, Kuby won close to a million dollars for another wrongfully convicted man who spent eight years in prison.
Kuby interned at William Kunstler while in college. Kunstler was a senior lawyer with over 20 years of experience and is known for his extraordinary cases, including the defense of The Chicago Seven. Kuby was an unofficial partner of Kunstler’s law office from 1983 to Kunstler’s passing in 1995. Both men took up the “fight for the poor, oppressed, and the downtrodden” between those times. Both men stated that they were more than just colleagues. They were also best friends.
