Ferretti, David P.

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davidferretti_-_websiteDavid P. Ferretti
Member in Charge of Lawyer Administration


Charleston, West Virginia
304.340.3859
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Mr. Ferretti's primary areas of practice are corporate, mergers and acquisitions, public finance and health care law.

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