Ferguson & Berland, P.C.Attorney

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About Michael Charles Ferguson

Michael Charles Ferguson is a lawyer practicing trusts & estates, trusts and estates, wills & probate and 1 other area of law. Michael received a A.B. degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1965, and has been licensed for 57 years. Michael practices at Ferguson & Berland, P.C. in Berkeley, CA.

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Trusts and Estates
Posted by anonymous
January 05, 2017
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We found Mike and his team to be thoughtful, very professional and quite personable. He did an excellent job and we've been recommending him to people for several years.

Trusts and Estates
Posted by anonymous
May 12, 2013
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knowledgeable, professor at Boalt Hall

Criminal Law
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April 14, 2013
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Areas of Law

  • Trusts and Estates 1
    • Estate Planning
  • Other 2
    • Trusts & Estates
    • Wills & Probate

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Attorney
    Firm Name
    Ferguson & Berland, P.C.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1969, California
    Bar Fellowship
    of the American College of Trust and Estate Council. He has served as chairman of the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization and as chair of the State Bar's Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law Advisory Commission. He has been recognized by the State Bar of California's for his commitment to its specialization programs and in 1999 received the Bar's annual C. Rick Chamberlain Award. Early in his career, Michael was Board Chairman and General Council for the Rockridge Health Care Plan - an Oakland, CA based HMO serving predominantly Medical population.

    He have written an extensive chapter on Living Trusts, published as part of West's comprehensive text on California Trust Law (1999); an essay entitled "What are Ethics? And Why should we worry about them anyway?"; have assembled (and edited) extensive materials for various CEB classes on Ethical and Malpractice Considerations in Estate Planning and other T&E related topics; have written and taught extensively on Drafting Wills & Trusts; have published an article entitled "Proving Death Without A Body" in the August, 1991, CEB Estate Planning Newsletter; have (with Warren Sinsheimer) authored an irregular "Back to the Basics" column for the State Bar's Estate Planning Trust & Probate Law Section newsletter; and have (as a law student) written a pedantic foray into the backwaters of procedural law for the California Law Review--which foray is best forgotten. Boalt Hall, Law Review/Order of the Coif, 1967. Member: State Bar of California (Board of Legal Specialization, 1988).

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
    Class of 1968
    J.D.
    Other Education
    University of California, Berkeley
    Class of 1965
    A.B.
    Economics
    Legal Certifications
    Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1943
    1943

Michael Charles Ferguson

Attorney at Ferguson & Berland, P.C.
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1816 5th St.Berkeley, CA 94710-1915U.S.A.

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