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Paul S. Ferber

Professor Emeritus of Law

JD, New York University, 1966;
BA, Queens College, 1963

Phone: 802-831-1222
Email: pferber@vermontlaw.edu

Awards and Affiliations

Affiliations

Teaching at VLS:

  • Professor at Vermont Law School since 1987.
  • Director of the General Practice Program, 1988-2001. The General Practice Program integrates law and professional skills by simulating a general practice law firm with professors, in the role of senior partners, instructing and supervising student "associates."

Leadership and Service:

  • Co-founder, 1994, Administrator, 1994–96, and Counselor Vice-President, since 1996, Sterry Waterman Inn of Court, Vermont.
  • Member, Vermont Professional Conduct Board, since 1992.
  • Member, Committee on Legal Education, American Bar Association, since 1987.
  • Chair, 1993–95, and Vice-Chair, 1991–93, Law School Curriculum Committee, General Practice section, American Bar Association.
  • Member, Vermont Bar Association-Vermont Law School Liaison Committee, since 1991.
  • Member, Committee of Associate Membership, Vermont Bar Association, 1991–92.
  • Mediator, Attorney-Client Relations Program, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1986.
  • Judge Pro Tempore, Los Angeles Small Claims Court, 1980–83, and Municipal Court, 1983–87. Contributions to the Law:
  • First plaintiffs' antitrust lawyer to obtain release of criminal grand jury testimony in RKO Theaters v. Globe Ticket Co., 1971.

Other:

  • Managing Partner, Los Angeles office of Herzfeld and Rubin, 1973–79.
  • Associate specializing in commercial litigation at Sandler and Rosen, 1971–73, and Swerdlow, Glikbarg and Shimer, 1968–71.
  • Organized "Vitality of Plaintiffs' Antitrust Actions" and "Conspiracy to Monopolize and Monopolization Under Section II of the Sherman Act," Southwestern University Law Review conferences, 1977 and 1978.