John A. Ferroli Member

• Michigan, 1983
• California, 1991

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
• U.S Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

University of Notre Dame, J.D.

University of Notre Dame, B.A., magna cum laude

John A. Ferroli's practice consists of the litigation of a wide variety of environmental, commercial, real estate, insurance, and tort matters, the handling of diverse environmental enforcement, transactional, and regulatory matters, and representing clients in a wide variety of mortgage loan foreclosure issues. 

• Litigation of diverse commercial cases involving contracts, trade secrets, entity dissolution, real estate, securities, eminent domain, antitrust, construction, government contracts, non-competition agreements, collective bargaining agreements, and telecommunications
• Defense of claims (including class actions) for damages to real estate and property value caused by environmental contamination
• Litigation of complex federal and state environmental cost recovery and contribution claims
• Defense of ERISA and accidental death insurance benefits claims
• Litigation and advice regarding a broad variety of environmental matters, including insurance coverage, administrative penalties and fines, administrative agency decisions, entity dissolution, successor and parent liability, and property access  
• Representing groups of industrial entities as common counsel at large Superfund sites
• Advice regarding mortgage loan foreclosure practices and issues
• Audits of mortgage loan foreclosure law firms
• Transactions involving environmentally impaired real estate
• Litigation of environmental insurance coverage claims
• Advice and litigation regarding personal injury, property damage, product liability and wrongful death claims

• American Bar Association, Member; Section Memberships: Litigation, Environmental Law, and Negligence Law; Committee Memberships: Business and Corporate Litigation, Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts, Environmental Transactions and Brownfields, Superfund and Natural Resource Damages Litigation, and Insurance Coverage Litigation 
• State Bar of Michigan, Member; Standing Committee on United States Courts, Member, appointed in 2006 and named Chair for the 2012-2013 bar year; Section Memberships: Litigation, Environmental Law, Negligence Law
• State Bar of California, Member; Section Memberships: Environmental Law
• Grand Rapids Bar Association, Member; Section Memberships: Litigation, Environmental Law
• Federal Bar Association, Western Michigan Chapter, Member

• Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce, Center for Community Leadership, Council Member, 2009-present
• Leadership Grand Rapids, Class of 2004
• Hillman Trial Advocacy Program, Steering Committee, 2008-present
• Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce, Center for Community Leadership, Leadership Advantage Class of 2009
• Grand Rapids Roman Catholic Diocese Board of Catholic Education, 2003-2008
• Notre Dame Club of Grand Rapids, Board of Directors, 2008-present

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010-2013 for Environmental Law and Environmental Litigation. Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC
• AV® Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, 2012