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William MJ Farris
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Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Criminal Defense
- Estates, Wills and Powers of Attorney
- Workers Compensation
- Unemployment Law
Past Positions
- North Carolina Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection Division, Clerk
- N.C. State Bar's Third Year Practice Rule, Seventh Judicial District, Assistant District Attorney
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 2001
Professional Associations
- North Carolina Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Wilson County Bar Association, Vice President
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Member
- North Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section, Member
- Fair View Nursery, Inc. (now DBL Investments Inc.), Board of Directors
- Mediation Center of Eastern North Carolina, Board Member
- Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club of Wilson, Board Member
- Loyal Order of the Elks
- St. Therese Catholic Church, Wilson, NC
- Knights of Columbus (Catholic Church Service Organization), Member
- Wilson County Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Board, 2011
Education
- North Carolina Central University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina
- J.D. - 2001
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- B.A. - 1997
- Major: Political Science
Honors
- Five-Time Rising Star for Personal Injury Cases, Super Lawyers, 2011-2015
- Top 40 under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2012-2015
- Civilian Commendation, Wilson Police Department, 2012
- American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys 10 Best 2016 Client Satisfaction