Background
Ferm, Robert M. was born on July 21, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Ferm, Robert M. was born on July 21, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
University of California (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1970). Southwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Worked at Hall & Evans, L.L.C. (Denver, Colorado) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, including Multi-District Class Action and Complex Litigation. Administrative Regulatory and State and Federal Legislative. Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Antitrust; Appellate. Arbitration; Automobile and Personal Injury Claims Defense. Automotive Manufacturers' and Financial Subsidiaries' Litigation.
Aviation; Banking and Financial. Bankruptcy; Civil Rights. Cable and Network Television.
Telephone and Radio Communications. Computer Law; Construction. Corporations; Criminal Law, including White Collar Criminal Defense.
Directors and Officers Liability. Domestic Relations; Employee Benefit Plans and ERISA, including ERISA Litigation. Employment; Entertainment.
Environmental; Estate Planning and Probate. Estate and Trust Litigation. Franchise; Gaming; General Liability and Personal Lines Claims Defense.
Government Contracts. Health Care Provider/Insurance, including Mergers/Acquisitions and General Corporate. Insurance and Self-Insured Defense.
Insurance Coverage Analysis and Opinions, including Litigation, Bad Faith Actions, and Policy Drafting. Investigation and Handling of Complex Property and Suspicious Claims. Insurance Company Corporate Transactions.
Intellectual Property. Labor and Employment. Libel and Slander; Liquor Liability.
Medical Malpractice Defense. Mental Health Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Military Law; Mortgage Banking.
Nonprofit Organizations. Oil and Gas; Partnerships, L.L.C.s, and L.L.P.s. Pharmaceutical; Premises Liability.
Products Liability; Professional Malpractice. Public Entity; Public Utility and Regulatory. High-Risk Outdoor Recreation.
Railroad, including F.E.L.A. Litigation. Real Estate; Design and Implementation of Risk Management. School Law; Securities and Securities Litigation.
Sports Law; Succession Planning. Surety; Taxation, including Property Tax Appeals. Toxic Tort; Transportation.
Venture Capital; Will Contests. And Workers Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1975, California.
1981, Republic of Palau and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 1984, Colorado.
Attorney General, Republic of Palau, 1981-1982. Author: "Experimental Treatment: Regulatory Developments," American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Journal, June 1996.
"Annual Survey of Public Regulation of Insurance Law," American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Law Journal, December 1995. "Managed Care Opportunities (or Impositions) Faced by Property and Casualty Insurers With Respect to Medical Expenses Paid Under Automobile and Workers' Compensation Coverages," prepared for the American Bar Association's TIPS Mid-Winter Meeting, January 1995. Coauthor, "Managed Care Options Cuts Auto Insurers' Cost," Best's Review, October 1995.
Contributor, Bass Business Resources' Analysis, Denver and Colorado as Insurance Center of the West, prepared for the Denver Mayor's Office of Economic Development, 1994. American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section: Chair-Elect, Committee on Public Regulation of Insurance Law. Vice-Chair, Committee on Excess, Surplus Lines, and Reinsurance.
Chair, Subcommittee on Excess and Surplus Lines. Member: Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc. International Association of Insurance Law.
United States Chapter of Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances. Insurance Law Committee, Defense Research Institute. City of Denver Task Force, Organized to Promote Denver Insurance Industry Economic Development.
50 for Colorado. Associate Member: Legislative and Law Committees, National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices. Colorado Association of Captive Entities. Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado.
Hall & Evans, L.L.C., has provided legal services in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region for over 60 years. Our commitment and responsiveness to our clients' needs have resulted in diversified services with representation on local, regional, and national levels, and we handle a broad range of litigation and transactional work for both business and individual clients. For matters ranging from the routine to the complex, Hall & Evans is committed to delivering innovative solutions, prompt dispute resolution, and multi-dimensional legal strategies in a practical, timely, and cost-effective manner.
Member: Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc. International Association of Insurance Law. United States Chapter of Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances.
Insurance Law Committee, Defense Research Institute. City of Denver Task Force, Organized to Promote Denver Insurance Industry Economic Development. 50 for Colorado. Associate Member: Legislative and Law Committees, National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices.
Colorado Association of Captive Entities. Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado.