David J. Ferry, Jr.

President

David J. Ferry, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, PA and is a founding director of the firm. Mr. Ferry is regularly named a “Top Lawyer” in Delaware Today Magazine, most recently in 2025. He has also been recognized as a “Delaware Super Lawyer” in the area of Estate and Trust Litigation in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine, and served as the President of the Delaware State Bar Association from July 2018 through June 2019.

ADMISSIONS
Delaware (1982)
Pennsylvania (1982)
United States District Court for the District of Delaware (1983)
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (1995)
United States Supreme Court (2002)

EDUCATION
St. Joseph’s College (B.A. 1975)
Widener University School of Law (J.D. 1981)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Delaware State Bar Association
-Executive Committee (President)
-Estates & Trust Section
-Alternative Dispute Resolution Section – Past Chair & Secretary
-Elder Law Section – Past Chair & Vice Chair
-Professional Guidance Committee
-Delaware State Bar Association Nominating Committee (2006-2009)
-Board on Professional Responsibility (2002 – 2008)
-Guardianship and Trust and Estates Subcommittee of the Court of Chancery Rules Committee
Pennsylvania State Bar Association
Widener University School of Law – Parents Subcommittee
Legal Services Corporation of Delaware – Board of Directors
St. Thomas More Society

OTHER AFFILIATIONS
Town of Dewey Beach – Past Member, Marketing Committee
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware – Past Member
Nativity Preparatory School – Past Trustee & Current School Counsel
Ingleside Retirement Homes, Inc. – Past Member, Board of Directors

REPRESENTATIVE CASES
In the Matter of Agnes D. Rick
Hudak v. Procek
Emmons v. Hartford
Bernstein v. Lovett (IMO the Estate of Barry Bernstein)