Law Offices of James Scott Farrin

The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin served as lead driver for a coalition of more than 25 firms in the In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation, helping win a $1.25 billion settlement for African American farmers denied a fair shot at USDA loan programs.

Farrin co-lead counsel Gary Jackson won an $8 million class settlement for roughly 6,500 residents forced from their homes by the 2022 ammonium nitrate fire at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant, with a separate $4.5 million for affected businesses.

A Johnston County jury awarded $5.1 million to the family of Joan Drake, killed when a driver going 98 mph struck her car as she turned into a Clayton Walmart, after Farrin attorneys Coleman Cowan and Donald Clack tried the case without putting on a single medical bill.

Law Offices of James Scott Farrin attorney Preston Lesley secured a $2 million settlement for an 8-year-old whose left foot was degloved and partially amputated after a dump truck ran over it at a North Carolina truck stop.