About John
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 before administrative agencies. John is also experienced with all forms of alternative dispute resolution, regularly advises clients regarding litigation avoidance and assessment, and is listed as a Rule 31 General Civil Mediator.With over two decades of experience, John has litigated many high-stakes and high-profile matters, both individually and as co-counsel with national firms. He has represented every type of business entity as well as individual officers and directors in a variety of matters, including securities litigation, shareholder actions, class actions, banking litigation, real estate litigation, tort and business tort actions, covenants not to compete/trade secrets, response to governmental subpoenas and investigations, contract disputes, boundary and land use disputes, nonprofit corporation act compliance, and civil rights actions.John is the Vice-President of the Tennessee Bar Association and is a past member of and current counsel to the Tennessee Bar Association Board of Governors. He is a past Chair of the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission. John began his legal career by clerking for the Honorable Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr., Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.
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 before administrative agencies. John is also experienced with all forms of alternative dispute resolution, regularly advises clients regarding litigation avoidance and assessment, and is listed as a Rule 31 General Civil Mediator.
With over two decades of experience, John has litigated many high-stakes and high-profile matters, both individually and as co-counsel with national firms. He has represented every type of business entity as well as individual officers and directors in a variety of matters, including securities litigation, shareholder actions, class actions, banking litigation, real estate litigation, tort and business tort actions, covenants not to compete/trade secrets, response to governmental subpoenas and investigations, contract disputes, boundary and land use disputes, nonprofit corporation act compliance, and civil rights actions.
John is the Vice-President of the Tennessee Bar Association and is a past member of and current counsel to the Tennessee Bar Association Board of Governors. He is a past Chair of the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission. John began his legal career by clerking for the Honorable Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr., Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Nashville (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Nashville (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Nashville (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Nashville (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Securities, Nashville (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Nashville (2021)
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Recognized: Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
- Recognized: Litigation - Real Estate
- Recognized: Litigation - Securities
- ACLU Bill of Rights Award (2015)
- Benchmark Litigation “Future Star,” Appellate, Commercial, Securities (2014 – 2026)
- Benchmark Litigation “Under 40 Hot List” (2016 – 2017)
- Chambers USA: Litigation (2022 – 2025)
- Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
- Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, General Litigation (2013 – 2024)
- Mid-South Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2011 – 2012)
- Mid-South Super Lawyers “Top 100: Tennessee Super Lawyers” (2024)
- Nashville Bar Foundation’s Fellows Program, Class of 2020
- Nashville Business Journal “Best of The Bar” (2016, 2023)
- Tennessee Bar Association’s Harris Gilbert Pro Bono Award (2012)
- Tennessee Bar Association’s President’s Award for work as Chair of Medical-Legal Partnership Working Group (2015)
- Tennessee Supreme Court Attorneys for Justice Pro Bono Honor Roll (2015 – 2016, 2018 – 2019, 2023, 2025)
- Vanderbilt Law School, J.D.Edmund M. Morgan Prize for most outstanding note on the Vanderbilt Law ReviewJohn W. Wade ScholarMember, Moot Court BoardMember, Order of the Coif
- Edmund M. Morgan Prize for most outstanding note on the Vanderbilt Law Review
- John W. Wade Scholar
- Member, Moot Court Board
- Member, Order of the Coif
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., magna cum laudePhi Beta Kappa
- PHI BETA KAPPA