Mr. Ferry was the executive director of Gateway Legal Services, Inc., a not-for-profit,
self-supporting legal aid program in St. Louis, Missouri. Before moving to Gateway to
become its first executive director in 1998, Mr. Ferry worked for 19 years as a staff
and managing attorney at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, mostly in the consumer law
area. In 1995 he received the National Consumer Law Center’s Vern Countryman Award
for “outstanding efforts to strengthen and affirm the rights of low income Americans
through the practice of consumer law.” He has served as an adjunct professor
at Washington University School of Law and St. Louis University School of Law, and as a
Consumer Fellow for the Consumer Financial Services and UCC Committees of the Business
Law Section of the American Bar Association. He has authored numerous articles
and deskbook chapters, and has co-produced community education television and radio
programs on consumer law. He has a B.A. from Washington University, M.A. from the
University of Illinois, and J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Professional Affiliations
- President of the Board of Directors, National Consumer Law Center
- Chair of the Sale of Good Subcommittee, UCC Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
- Commissioner, Uniform Law Commission
- Former Member, Consumer Advisory Council, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System