About Our North Carolina Personal Injury Attorneys

When selecting a legal team, experience matters.

The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin offers a personal injury department in which more than half of the attorneys have at least 10 years of legal experience and several have 15 years or more.

The team also has three members who formerly worked as defense attorneys for insurance companies, so they have seen the law from both sides.

Hear what others have said about the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin.

Adrienne Blocker — Adrienne Blocker worked as a legal secretary and a certified legal assistant for 12 years before receiving her J.D. from Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in 1998. She is also a Certified North Carolina Superior Court Mediator. She is extremely active in the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ), where she serves as the Education Chair of the Auto Torts Section, Co-Regional Coordinator of the Mock Trial Competition, and Member of the Communications Committee. 

Ms. Blocker's other professional affiliations include Elon University School of Law (preceptor); Guilford Inn of Court; Million Dollar Advocates Forum^{^}; North Carolina Bar Association; American Association for Justice and the American Bar Association. Ms. Blocker is admitted to the North Carolina State Bar; the U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina and the U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina.

Brian Clemmons — Brian Clemmons has more than 23 years of experience in a variety of practice areas including Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability. He also has a great deal of experience as a defense attorney for insurance firms, so he has seen personal injury law from both sides of the table.

Mr. Clemmons is a member of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Auto Torts Section; the North Carolina Bar Association and the Wake County Bar Association.

Jennifer Duffy — Jennifer Duffy handles mostly automobile accident and personal injury claims for our clients. Prior to taking a position at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Ms. Duffy worked as an attorney representing insurance companies after personal injury claims had been settled. This has allowed her to see how personal injury law is practiced from both sides of the table.

Eric Haase - Eric Haase is a shareholder at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin. He handles serious injury cases and is the lead attorney on the Product Liability/Mass Torts team. He has been a practicing attorney for more than 15 years and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He is also a former defense attorney for insurance companies.

His professional affiliations include the American Association for Justice; the North Carolina Advocates for Justice; the North Carolina State Bar; the North Carolina Bar Association  and the State Bar of Georgia.

Crishon Jordan — Crishon Jordan has more than five years of legal experience and has dealt with debilitating injuries for the majority of her career. She joined the firm in 2009 and focuses her practice on automobile injuries.

Her professional affiliations include membership in the North Carolina Bar and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

Michael Jordan - Michael Jordan is both a shareholder and an attorney in the Personal Injury Department. He has more than 16 years of legal experience and currently serves on the Advisory Board for the North Carolina Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He is extremely active in the North Carolina Advocates for Justice — serving as Publication Chair and on the Board of Governors — and is a multi-year winner of the NCAJ Order of Service award. He has also contributed to several legal publications.

In addition to MADD and the NCAJ, Jordan is a member of the North Carolina State Bar; the North Carolina Bar Association; the 14th Judicial District Bar Association, American Association for Justice and the United State District Court, Middle District of North Carolina.

Marie Lang - Marie Lang is a shareholder at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin. She has more than 22 years of legal experience, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of legal matters. She has litigated high-coverage automobile, truck, construction, intentional torts and other serious personal injury and wrongful death cases in both state and federal court.

Her professional affiliations include the North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; Brain Injury Association of North Carolina; North Carolina Advocates for Justice; Wake County Bar; Virginia State Bar; American Association for Justice; Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America; United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina; United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; Supreme Court of  North Carolina and the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Elizabeth Overmann — Elizabeth Overmann has more than six years of legal experience, focusing her career in civil litigation and personal injury. Her passion for personal injury law comes from personal experience, having survived a serious car-truck accident when she was 15.

Her professional affiliations include the North Carolina State Bar; South Carolina State Bar; United States District Courts of North Carolina; United States District Court of South Carolina; North Carolina Bar Association; Durham County Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, North Carolina Advocates for Justice and the American Association for Justice.

Anabel F. Rosa — Anabel Rosa has more than 15 years of legal experience. In addition to personal injury, she has practiced in the areas of civil rights, employment discrimination and sexual harassment in such locations as Puerto Rico, Upstate New York and New York City.

She is licensed to practice in courts in North Carolina, New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico. She is a member of the Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Bar Association) and the American Bar Association.

Cali Schmitt —  Cali Schmitt joined the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin as a Bilingual Case Manager in 2006 and was quickly promoted to Bilingual Litigation Paralegal. She currently serves as a Bilingual Personal Injury Attorney, handling personal injury cases for both English and Spanish-speaking clients.

Michael Shepherd — Michael Shepherd works in the Personal Injury Department, focusing on standard trauma claims. Prior to taking a position at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Mr. Shepherd worked as a Senior Claims representative for a major insurance company. This has allowed him to see how personal injury claims are viewed from both sides of the table.

His professional affiliations include the American Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar and the North Carolina Bar Association. He is also Vice President of the Eastern NC Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters. 

J. Gabe Talton — Gabe Talton has more than seven years of experience in a variety of practice areas including criminal defense, personal injury and Workers' Compensation. Prior to joining the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, he served as a public defender in the Miami Public Defender's Office. He obtained his JD from Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, New Jersey, where he was a Marshall-Brennan Fellow.

His professional affiliations include membership on the Board of Governors and Chair of the Hispanic/Latino Affairs Division for the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) and membership in the American Association for Justice and the Durham County Bar Association.

LaDonna Williams - LaDonna Williams' outstanding legal work earned her the designation of "Rising Star" by North Carolina Super Lawyers in 2010.*

Some of her professional affiliations include North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; Wake County Bar Association; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of NC; U.S. District Court, Middle District of NC; N.C.; Advocates for Justice; Cambridge Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry for 2010.

Ashley Browning Young — Ashley Browning Young has exclusively represented plaintiffs in personal injury cases based on automobile accidents, medical malpractice and sexual abuse for more than 10 years.

She is a member of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the North Carolina State Bar, the North Carolina Bar Association and the Wake County Bar Association. She has been admitted to practice in North Carolina's Eastern District of the United States District Court.

^{^} Membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Neither the Law Offices of James S. Farrin, P.C., nor James S. Farrin represents that similar results will be achieved in your case. Each case is different and must be evaluated separately.

* To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. Rising Stars undergo a rigorous, multiphase process which combines peer nominations with third-party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made annually on a state by state basis. While up to five percent of the lawyers in any state are named "Super Lawyers," by Super Lawyers magazine, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.