David Ferguson
David Ferguson joined the firm in 1981. His practice areas include General Civil Litigation; Insurance Law -- defense and coverage issues; Real Estate -- commercial transactions, litigation, planning and zoning, and historic renovation; Business Litigation; School Law; and Employment Law. David is a member of the American and Indiana State Bar Associations, the Monroe County Bar Association, National School Boards Association, Indiana Council of School Attorneys, and the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana. He is also a life member of the Fellows of the Indiana Bar Foundation.
David is active in the community, He previously served for fifteen years on the Monroe County Parks Board (mayor's appointment) and served on the Board of the Monroe County History Center and the board of Bloomington Restorations, a not-for-profit historic renovation group in Monroe County. David recently completed his service on the Monroe County Library Board of 28 years, having been appointed for separate terms by both the County Commissioners and the County Council. He currently serves on the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Board.
David serves on the Acacia Fraternity Foundation, a national education foundation for the Acacia Fraternity. David's family has been associated with the local chapter of Acacia for over 100 years since his grandfather was one of the founding members of the Indiana Chapter in 1920. The Chapter House was recently named for the Ferguson family in recognition of its contributions over the years.
David's family was recognized in 2020 by the State of Indiana for the Hoosier Homestead Bicentennial Award in the 200th year of the family farm (1820, Lawrence County).
In his free time, David has participated in historic renovations of several downtown Bloomington buildings, creating housing opportunities and contributing to the vitality of the downtown. David is a long-time member and supporter of Downtown Bloomington.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Insurance Defense
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Collections
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Indiana
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law
- J.D. (1981)
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- Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington
- B.S. (1978)
- Honors: Graduated with distinction. Metz Scholar and Beta Gamma Sigma
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- Indiana State Bar
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- Monroe County Bar Association
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- Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
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- Website
- Ferguson Law web site
