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. Professional Associations American Bar Association Health Law Section Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Insurance Regulation Committee, Former Chair, Current Vice Chair Corporate Counsel Committee Excess Surplus Lines and Reinsurance Committee Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc., Current Chair and Board Member 2010-present National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado State Law Resources, Board Member Surplus Lines Law Group, Member Education JD: Southwestern University School of Law, 1973 Dean's List BA: University of California at Los Angeles, cum laude, 1970 Political Science Bar Admissions Colorado, 1984 California, 1975 Republic of Palau and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1981 U.S. District Court, Districts of Colorado and Central California Career Distinctions & Honors Colorado Civil Justice League, Board of Directors 2010-present The Best Lawyers in America®, Government Relations Practice, 2007-2017 Colorado Super Lawyers, Legislative & Governmental Affairs, 2006-2009; 2012-2016 American Bar Foundation – Fellow 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 Publications & Seminars Panelist, "Health Care Reform, the ACA and State Health Legislative Initiatives," American Conference Institute's 10th National Forum on Insurance Regulation, July, 2015 Panelist/Moderator, “Avoiding E&O Litigation Targeted at the Insurer, Retailer and Wholesaler: Managing the Expectations of an Outraged Insured,” ALFA Labor & Employment, Insurance & Professional Liability Practice Groups seminar, June, 2014 Program Committee Federation of Regulatory Council, "Captives & Insolvency Ethics, Hot Topics & Latest Developments," December 15, 2013 Panelist, Outside Counsel Forum, NCCI 2013 Annual Issues Symposium, May 2013 Program Committee, “National Healthcare and Financial Services Reform and its Impact on the Insurance Industry,” NAIC Fall National Meeting 2011 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 Assn. Annual Business Law Section, Oct 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