John L. Farringer IV

John L. Farringer IV


Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC

Recognized since 2016

Nashville, Tennessee

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Banking and Finance

Litigation - Land Use and Zoning

Litigation - Securities

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Litigation - Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Securities Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Litigation - Banking and Finance
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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.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 1600 West End Avenue, Suite 1750
    Nashville, TN 37203
Education
  • Vanderbilt University, J.D., graduated 2002
  • Washington and Lee University, BS, graduated 1999
Bar Admissions
  • Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Nashville Bar Association - Member
  • Tennessee Bar Association - Chair, Access to Justice Committee

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Litigation - Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Securities Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Litigation - Banking and Finance
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance, Nashville (2024)
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Nashville (2023)
  • Litigation - Securities, Nashville (2023)
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance, Nashville (2021)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation - Securities
Awards:
  • Super Lawyers 2011-2015 (Business Litigation) (“Mid-South Rising Star” 2011-2012)
  • TBA President’s Award for work as Chair of Medical-legal Partnership Working Group 2015
  • Recipient of the 2012 Tennessee Bar Association’s Harris Gilbert Pro Bono Award
  • Woodard/White: The Best Lawyers In America 2016 (Commercial Litigation)
  • Benchmark Litigation 2013-2015 (“Future Star”)

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