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John Farringer is a trial lawyer focusing on complex business and commercial litigation. He practices in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate level, and is also experienced with all forms of alternative dispute resolution and before administrative agencies. Mr. Farringer has represented individuals and various types of business entities in a variety of matters, including contract disputes, tort and business tort actions, covenants not to compete/trade secrets, boundary and land use disputes, banking litigation, shareholder actions and civil rights actions. Mr. Farringer also advises clients regarding litigation avoidance and assessment.

Mr. Farringer is a native of Nashville. He graduated magna cum laude from Washington & Lee University with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. At Vanderbilt University School of Law, he was a John W. Wade Scholar, a member of the Moot Court Board and named to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Farringer served as symposium editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and authored the article, “The Competency Conundrum: Problems Courts Have Faced in Applying Different Standards for Competency to Be Executed,” which was published and received the Edmund M. Morgan Prize for the most outstanding note on the Vanderbilt Law Review. After law school, Mr. Farringer served as law clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Wiseman Jr., Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Education:

• J.D., Vanderbilt University, 2002
• B.A., Washington & Lee University, 1999

Bar Admissions:

• Tennessee Bar 
• Sixth Circuit
• Middle District of Tennessee
• Eastern District of Tennessee

Representative Engagements:

• Represented selling shareholders of a logistics company in defense of a multi-million dollar claim arising out of alleged breaches of representations and warranties in the underlying stock purchase agreement.
• Represented public company seeking to invoke a material adverse condition clause to terminate a merger agreement with another public company.
• Represented NHL hockey team in dispute over a naming rights agreement with a public company.
• Represented independent board members of public company in defense of shareholder litigation arising from merger transaction.
• Represented a law firm in defense of a civil rights claim brought by individual against whom a judgment was obtained in a prior lawsuit.
• Represented a law firm in defense of claims for fraud based on litigation conduct in a prior lawsuit.
• Represented a university in defending the decisions of the city counsel and administrative boards regarding a lease arrangement between the city and the university.
• Represented a private elementary school in overturning the decisions of administrative boards to revoke various land use permits previously issued to the school.
• Represented organization defending its property rights in boundary dispute.

Professional Activities:

• Member of the Nashville, Tennessee, and American Bar Associations
• Past member of the Harry Phillips American Inn of Court
• Significant pro bono work, including prevailing in a case before the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Civic Activities:

• Secretary and Member of Board of Directors for the Exchange Club Family Center in Davidson and Rutherford Counties
• Member of the Richland-West End Neighborhood Association Board of Directors
• Parishioner of St. Henry’s Catholic Church
  

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