Alec W. Farr

Alec Farr represents clients in a range of complex commercial, class-action, and IP disputes. As outside counsel to corporations, major nonprofits, and financial institutions, he tries cases, argues appeals, and conducts arbitrations in matters involving claims of breach of contract, fraud, corporate disparagement, negligence, and unfair competition. He also defends corporations, financial institutions, and nonprofits in class actions alleging violations of consumer protection and antitrust statutes in multiple state and federal courts. Working in industries including financial services, telecommunications, information technology, entertainment, sustainable energy, and pharmaceuticals, he handles trade secret, copyright, trademark, and patent infringement litigation. 

Alec advises clients in matters involving noncompete, nondisclosure, and nonsolicitation agreements. He handles shareholder class actions and derivative litigation, change-of-control cases, and litigation involving allegations of director and officer misconduct. In his work with financial institutions, he handles matters concerning alleged fraudulent lending practices, inadequate loan origination disclosures, improper account management procedures, and violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Truth in Lending Act, and state consumer protection statutes. 

Alec has extensive experience litigating public interest cases, including class actions on behalf of veterans seeking to ensure that the government delivers the benefits they have earned through military service and voters alleging violations of the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution in redistricting, election administration, and voter access matters. 

Active in the bar and his community, Alec is president of the William B. Bryant American Inn of Court and serves on the board of directors for the Council for Court Excellence.