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Robert Ferguson

Chairman and Founding Principal

“Construction Mediator”

Baltimore, Maryland

Core Practice Areas

5 Verticals
✓Personal Injury Claims
✓Product Liability
✓Insurance Coverage Disputes
✓Construction Disputes
✓Maritime & Admiralty Law
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Mr. Robert Ferguson is the firm’s Chairman and one of its founding principals. His practice has focused on civil litigation, including construction law, insurance coverage, insurance defense, aviation law, maritime law, transportation law, products liability and professional liability defense. Mr. Ferguson’s extensive trial experience and professionalism have earned him respect and recognition from other lawyers in the community. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. In 1995, Mr. Ferguson was the recipient of The Maryland Bar Foundation Special Outstanding Achievement Award for Professional Legal Excellence. He has achieved an AV rating from Martindale Hubble. He has also served as a Maryland Institute Continuing Professional Education for Lawyers (MICPEL) instructor in Trial Advocacy, Discovery Practice and Motions Practice. He co-authored the Maryland Discovery Guidelines. Mr. Ferguson has also been active in the Litigation Section of the Maryland State Bar Association and served as its Chairman in 1990. He also served as Chairman of the Pleadings, Motions and Discovery subcommittee, and co-chaired the committee which drafted The Maryland Discovery Guidelines. He has been a member of the Litigation Section Council since 1986. Additionally, Mr. Ferguson offers his services as a neutral in Arbitration and Mediation, to assist parties in resolving their disputes without resorting to litigation.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

Attorney

Education

University of Maryland School of Law

Juris Doctor · Law

Class of 1972

University of Maryland

Bachelor of Science · Electrical Engineering

Class of 1968

Work History

1 Position

Chairman and Founding Principal

Ferguson Schetlich Ballew, P.A.

Practice focused on civil litigation, including construction law, insurance coverage, and defense.

Honors & Recognition

7 Honors

Fellow

Litigation Counsel of America

2017

2017 – present

Leadership in Law award

The Daily Record

2016

Charles H. Dorsey, Jr. Mentor Award

Bar Association of Baltimore City

2007

Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers

2007

2007-Present

Governor’s Citation

Governor’s Council for Criminal and Juvenile Justice

1996

For service on the Governor’s Council for Criminal and Juvenile Justice

Special Outstanding Achievement Award for Professional Legal Excellence

Maryland Bar Foundation

1995

Fellow

American College of Trial Lawyers

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