<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Assistant District Attorney </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Family </Th> <Td> Unknown (wife) 1 daughter </Td> </Tr> <P> Ronald "Ron" Carver is a fictional character on the NBC - USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Courtney B. Vance . He was named after George Washington Carver . </P> <P> Carver often works in conjunction with detectives Robert Goren, Alexandra Eames, Mike Logan and Carolyn Barek of the Major Case Squad . He graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice . As an ADA, his interpretation and prosecution of the law is strict and unyielding, and he has little sympathy for people who break it, regardless of circumstance . This sometimes puts him in conflict with Goren, who has solved some crimes by empathizing with the criminals and has occasionally manipulated investigations so they get more lenient prison sentences than those which Carver wants to impose . </P>

Played ada ron carver on law and order