Representative Experience
- Drafting transactional documents in stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions
- Due diligence investigations in mergers, acquisitions and other transactions
- Participation in tax-exempt and taxable governmental financings
- Developing financings for various types of public and private projects and facilities
- General corporate work for for-profit and nonprofit clients
- Drafting and negotiating all types of contracts and agreements
- Advising health care clients on contractual matters and health care laws and regulations
- Drafting contracts and advising clients in state-related economic development transactions
- Experience in operation of nonprofit foundations - served for several years as associate director of nonprofit educational foundation with assets now exceeding $275 million
Firm Management
- Mr. Ferretti is the Firm's Member in Charge of Lawyer Administration and a member of the Firm's Management Committee
Education
- University of Virginia, B.A. in Economics with high distinction, 1978
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1981
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar, Member, Corporations, Banking & Business Law Committee
- United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Affiliations
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- American Bar Association, Member, Business Law and Health Law Sections
- American Health Lawyers Association
Awards and Distinctions
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC was ranked by The Bond Buyer as the top-ranked bond counsel firm in West Virginia in 2003 (based on issues maturing in 13 months or more)
Other
- University of Virginia Law School Alumni Council - former Chair, Communications and Publications Committee; Member, Government Relations Committee; Member, Development Committee
- University of Charleston Board of Trustees - former Chair, Advancement Committee
- Sunrise Museum Board of Trustees, former member