We are pleased to announce that Daniel W. Ferris has been elected a partner at CMDA. “Daniel is an excellent attorney with strong leadership skills. Since joining CMDA last year, he has contributed to the growth of the Firm by acquiring sizeable new clients while providing outstanding legal services to CMDA’s existing clients,” said Chris Schultz, managing partner. “He is dedicated to promoting our clients’ best interests and provides great […]

Ryan Miller, an equity partner in our Riverside office, and Daniel Ferris, an attorney in our Riverside office, recently received an extraordinarily favorable trial result in an admitted liability case. The trial involved allegations of negligent supervision by a local school district, which led to special education students engaging in multiple instances of sexual contact in a school bathroom. The trial lasted 14 days, and in closing the plaintiff asked […]

Please join us in welcoming Daniel W. Ferris to the Firm. He has joined CMDA as an attorney in the Firm’s Riverside office where he focuses his practice on public entity defense, insurance defense, civil litigation, and education law. Prior to joining CMDA he worked as a civil litigation attorney where he managed cases from inception through trial, including preparing pleadings, motions, and briefs, managing discovery, taking and defending depositions, […]