Mark J. Ferraro Esq.

Member

Location:

West Hartford, Connecticut

Phone:

866-697-2576
860-881-2719

Fax:

860-521-4500

Email:

PERSONAL:

Married to M. Rebecca Ferraro, a former teacher at St. Anthony Catholic School in Bristol. Proud father of five children.

Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
- LL.M. - May, 1996
- Honors: Recipient of Highest Grade in Advanced Estate Planning
- Major: Taxation Law
Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida
- J.D. cum laude - May, 1985
- Honors: Class Rank: Top 10%
- Honors: Charles A. Dana Academic Scholar
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Member, Tax Moot Court Team
- Honors: Best Brief in Senior Moot Court Class
- Honors: Book Award in Law and Social Science Class
- Honors: Student Body Honor Court Justice
- Honors: Student Bar Association Class Representative
- Honors: Manager of Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA)
- Honors: Vice-President Stetson's Christian Legal Society
Taylor University, Upland, Indiana
- B.S. summa cum laude - May, 1982
- Honors: Class Rank: Top 1%
- Honors: Grade Point Average: 3.9/4.0
- Honors: Dean's list
- Honors: Indiana Cardinal Society
- Honors: Officer in Alpha Chi Honor Society
- Honors: Student Body Treasurer
- Honors: American Studies Program in Washington, D.C.

"The Empirical Challenge to Death Qualified Juries: on Further Examination" (Co-Author with Michael Finch), Nebraska Law Review, Vol 65, 1986
Quoted at Length in Lockhart v. McCree, 476 U.S. 162, 1986

American Bar Association, Family and Taxation Law Sections, Member
Connecticut Bar Association, Family Law and Child Advocacy Sections, Chairman YLS, 1991
Hartford County Bar Association, Estates and Probate, Family Law Sections, Member
Hartford County Bar Association, Estate Planning and Trust Section, Co-Chairman, 1995 - 1997
Bristol Bar Association, Chairman of Law Day Program, 1989
Bristol Bar Association, Chairman of Law Day Program, 1990
Bristol Democratic Party Town Committee, President Young Democrats, 1988 - 1989

Mark J. Ferraro, Attorney at Law, Bristol, Connecticut, Sole Practitioner
Mark J. Ferraro, Attorney at Law, City of Bristol, Connecticut, Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1987 - 1990
Ft. Myers, Florida Office, Associate, 1986 - 1987
13th Judicial Circuit, Assistant State Attorney, 1985 - 1986
Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida, Research Assistant, 1985
United States Attorney's Office, Tampa, Florida, Prosecution Clinic Intern., 1985
Sieman, Larsen & Purdy, Chicago, Illinois, Law Clerk, Sarasota, Florida Office, 1984