Steve Ferris is a business law and estate planning attorney at Gerbers Law. His practice is focused primarily on assisting businesses with their legal needs. Attorney Ferris serves as corporation counsel to many small to medium-sized businesses. He provides businesses and their owners with advice on formation, contract negotiation, human resources, insurance coverage, litigation avoidance and regulatory compliance.
As an estate planning attorney, Steve Ferris provides clients with guidance as they plan to preserve and protect assets during lifetime and arrange for the use of assets to benefit family members, friends and charitable entities at death. He creates documents that best achieve his clients’ estate and business succession planning objectives. Steve is also skilled in handling the administration of estates and trusts.
Attorney Ferris is licensed to practice and is in good standing in all Wisconsin courts, the United States Federal Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He also provides mediation services in commercial disputes.
- Business and Corporate Services
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction
- Employment Law
- Insurance Coverage
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Wills, Trusts and Probate
- J.D., Valparaiso University School of Law, 1990
- M.B.A., University of Chicago, 1999
- B.B.A., University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1987
- Wisconsin, Illinois and California Courts
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Member of the Wisconsin State Bar
- Past Board Member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeastern Wisconsin
- Past Board Member of the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association
- Past President of the Council of Logistics Lawyers
- Past President of the Friends of the Brown County Library

