Paul F. (Chip) Ferguson was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in Alvin, Texas.  He graduated from Rice University in 1979 and earned his law degree from the University of Houston in 1982.  He was admitted to the Texas bar in 1982 and the Colorado bar in 1994.  Chip is licensed to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Fifth Circuit of Appeals; U.S. District Courts of the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; Texas Supreme Court and Colorado Supreme Court.

Chip began his law career with Perdue, Turner & Berry in Houston, Texas where he became a partner in 1988.  In 1989, he moved to Beaumont, Texas to become a partner in Provost*Umphrey Law Firm L.L.P.  Chip is certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been so certified since 1989.

Chip has specialized in personal injury and products liability cases over the entire course of his legal career.  He has litigated cases across the United States involving diverse matters including industrial accidents, automobile collisions, 18-wheeler liability, automotive products liability, commercial products liability, asbestos and other toxic torts, and general negligence cases.   Chip is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the International Society of Barristers, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.  Chip also belongs to both the Texas Bar Foundation and the College of the State Bar of Texas and has been named one the State's Super Lawyers' by Texas Monthly in each year which that magazine has bestowed such recognition.

Chip is also very involved in his local community.  He is the President of the Ferguson Sports Foundation, a board member of the West Brook High School Baseball Booster Club, former President and board member of the Beaumont Youth Baseball Pony League, former secretary and board member of West End Little League, former Director of Coaches and board member of Spindletop Select Soccer Club, former board member of Beaumont Little Dribblers, former board member of the All Saints Episcopal School Athletic Booster Club and former board member of Beaumont Country Club.

Chip, a former baseball player at Rice University, was inducted into the Rice Hall of Fame as the 2003 recipient of the R Award.  He also received the inaugural Q award from West End Little League, honoring his quality sportsmanship in youth sports.  The outdoor sports complex at All Saints Episcopal School is named in his honor as is the press box at Rice University's baseball stadium (Reckling Park).