Gary M. Ferman, a native New Yorker and Harvard Law School graduate, opened Ferman Law's original headquarters in London, England, in 1981.  Gary worked there for over three decades. He currently practices in Naples, Florida.  Gary understands first-hand what immigration really entails, having immigrated to England from the U.S., at age 31, obtaining settled status and later British citizenship.

For many years, Gary wrote a monthly column on legal matters and immigration issues for the local expatriate community in England in independent newspapers under the by-line "Only in America." His articles on immigration and other legal topics also appeared in "Going USA".  He has been an American Legal Affairs Commentator in England and has appeared on the BBC and Channel 5 television and Talk Radio.  Gary has lectured extensively in the United Kingdom, Austria, France and the United States on U.S. immigration.

Gary was a founding member of the American Immigration Law Association's (AILA) first chapter outside North America, the AILA Rome District Chapter, and the first Treasurer of such chapter.