Mr. Ferm's practice concentrates on legislative, regulatory, and corporate transactional matters on behalf of the insurance industry, and regulated industries and professions. He heads Hall & Evans' Regulatory and Public Policy Practice Group, which represents a wide range of entities from national trade associations to individual companies. His accomplishments include participation in the drafting and passage of Colorado tort reform, workers' compensation reform, regulatory re-engineering of the business of insurance and health care policy reform.
Career Distinctions & Honors
· Appointed to Governor Hickenlooper's Task Force on Wildfire Insurance and Forest Health
· Best Lawyers of America for Government Relations Law, 2007-present
· Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys, 2010-present
· Colorado Super Lawyers, Poliitical Law, 2006-2013
· American Bar Foundation - Fellow
· Colorado Civil Justice League - CCJL, Board of Directors 2010-present
· Colorado Competitiveness Council - C3, Board Member
· Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc. - FORC, Board Member 2010-present
· State Law Resources - SLR, Board Member
· Member of Numerous State, Regulatory Agency, and Division of Insurance Advisory Groups Concerning Property and Casualty, Life, and Health Insurance Issues
· Attorney General, Republic of Palau, 1981-1982
Professional Associations
· ALFA International
· American Bar Association - ABA
- Business Law Section
-- Government Affairs Practice Committee, Co-Chair
- Health Law Section
- Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section - TIPS
-- Corporate Counsel Committee
-- Excess Surplus Lines and Reinsurance Committee
-- Insurance Regulation Committee, Former Chair, Current Vice Chair
· Council on Litigation Management - CLM
· National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices - NAPSLO
· Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado - PIIAC
· Surplus Lines Law Group, Member
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
· Program Co-Chair ABA Business Law Section, "Emerging Issues for Investment Advisors under the Dodd-Frank Act and State Securities Laws," April 14, 2011
· Speaker, "Lobbying for a Successful Transaction: Government Affairs as a Mergers and Acquisition Tool," American Bar Association Annual Business Law Section, October 8, 2010
· Co-Author, "Compendium of State Surplus Line Eligibility Requirements," FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, Vol. 20, ed.3, The Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc., Fall 2009
· Contributing Editor, "Reference Handbook On Insurance Company Runoff And Receiverships Property/Casualty & Life/Health," Fifth Edition, Sponsored by the Excess, Surplus Lines & Reinsurance, Insurance Regulation, Insurance Coverage, Self Insurance and Risk Managers Committees of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, 2009
· Speaker, FORC Annuity Summit, December 2008
· Co-Author, "Current Developments in Health Insurance Rate Regulation," FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, Vol.19 Ed.2, The Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc., Summer 2008
· Program Chair, "Emerging Litigation and Regulatory Developments in Insurance Law," TIPS/ABA/AIA Symposium, November 8, 2007
· Program Chair and Moderator ABA Annual Meeting, "What You Need to Know - The Purchase and Sale of Insurance Companies and Agencies," August 10, 2007
· Co-Chair, "Buyer Beware: A Nuts and Bolts Guide to Buying Insurers, Agencies and Books of Business," co-sponsored by the Federation of Regulatory Counsel and the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, June 2, 2007
· Program Chair and Moderator ALFA International program, "Preserving the Attorney-Client Privilege with Respect to Internal and External Investigations of Insurance Companies," June 6-8, 2007
· Co-author, "The Policy Debate on Government Sponsored Heath Care Reinsurance Mechanisms," FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, September 1, 2005
· Author, Senior Editor, "Annotations to Surplus Lines Statutes Fourth Edition," American Bar Association TIPS, 2005
· Co-chair, "GET SMART: The Future of Insurance Regulation," co-sponsored by the Federation of Regulatory Counsel and the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, June 11, 2005
· Co-Chair, "Insurance Litigation: Tools for Conquering New Frontiers and Familiar Foes," co-sponsored by the American Insurance Association and the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, June 9-10, 2005
· Co-chair and Moderator, TIPS/ABA/AIA Insurance Litigation National CLE, May 2005
· Speaker, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico insurance agents on behalf of the Colorado Surplus Lines Association, March 24, 2005
· Co-author, "Colorado's No-Fault Automobile Insurance System Runs out of Gas; An Examination of Colorado's New Tort Based Automobile Insurance Law," FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, December 3, 2003