“Clients often have enormous, life-altering burdens that can be remedied only through the law. I enjoy trying to find a creative solution using underutilized statutes and judicial doctrines to try to get my clients what they need to get back on their feet.”

- Christopher Bagley

christopher.bagley@farrin.com

919-328-4224

Named to “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch”³ list by Best Lawyers, 2020-2023

Helped obtain $1.2 million settlement in class action suit¹

Named a “Rising Star”⁴ by North Carolina Super Lawyers Magazine, 2021

Attorney Christopher Bagley

Chris Bagley joined the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin in 2017 and focuses on consumer protection and personal injury cases. He became an attorney, in large part, because he wanted to directly serve clients with tangible and pressing needs.

For example, Chris helped establish that a trucking crash victim was in a common-law marriage, helping to clear the way for a $1.26 million recovery for his widow and their children.¹

He also represented more than 150 plaintiffs in litigation against a for-profit law school and its corporate owners. Chris and a team of attorneys from JSF, along with an allied firm, obtained court approval for and supervised distribution of a $1,200,000 class settlement for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by a debt collector.¹

He represents more than 140 military veterans in multidistrict litigation in federal court against a manufacturer of earplugs. The litigation alleges that the manufacturer concealed flaws in the earplugs’ design, leading to tinnitus and hearing loss.

Before joining the firm, Chris had a twelve-year career in business journalism and public relations, including two years as a legal affairs reporter in North Carolina’s Research Triangle.

Chris earned his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill and a Master of Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. He received a B.A. in Economics from Davidson College in Davidson, NC.

As an editor and executive board member of UNC Law’s North Carolina Journal of International Law, Chris received the Seymour Wurfel Award, which honors one executive board member for outstanding contributions to the journal. He was also a member of the Holderness Moot Court organization’s client counseling team and judges’ chair for Holderness’s J. Braxton Craven moot court competition.

Chris is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and is admitted to practice in U.S. District Court for both the Middle District and Eastern District of North Carolina, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Chris is a board member of the North Carolina Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society. He is a member of the Public Justice Foundation, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, and both the Consumer/Commercial Rights Section and the Products Liability, Class Actions, and Mass Torts Section of North Carolina Advocates for Justice. Chris is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (US) through the International Association for Privacy Professionals, a resource on privacy law and best practices for attorneys and professionals in medicine, human resources, and other fields.

Chris is an avid cyclist who leads rides for a Research Triangle-based cycling club that raises money to support the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He is a board member of Triangle Bikeworks, a local nonprofit group that organizes week-long bicycle tours of historic regions with young adults from underserved communities. He is also an amateur chef and a proud uncle to three nieces and a nephew. A native English speaker, Chris is fluent in German and proficient in Japanese and French.

Licensed In

North Carolina

Practice Area

Honors/Awards/
Accomplishments

“Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch”⁴ for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs by Best Lawyers in America, 2020 – 2024
“Rising Star”⁴ by North Carolina Super Lawyers Magazine, 2021 – 2023
Served as co-counsel and helped to obtain $1.2 million in gross relief for a class of plaintiffs alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by a debt collector¹
North Carolina Journal of International Law, received Seymour Wurfel Award, which honors one Executive Board member for outstanding contributions to the journal
International Association of Privacy Professionals, Certified Information Privacy Professional (U.S.)
Won regional journalism society’s “Best Business Story” in 2007 for uncovering $40 million real estate fraud in Riverside County, California

Memberships

Board member, North Carolina Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society
National Association of Consumer Advocates
Public Justice Foundation
North Carolina State Bar
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Publications & Speaking Engagements

Innovating Across Borders: Why Entrepreneur Visas Require Transnational Coordination, 41 N.C. J. INT’L L. 919 (2016)
Triangle Business Journal. Legal/business writer covering litigation, compliance, and the legal-services industry
International Center for Journalists, Vienna, Austria. As an Exchange Fellow, reported for Format, a German-language business magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, and other U.S. publications
North County Times and several other newspapers in California, New Hampshire, and North Carolina. Reported on industries including energy and manufacturing

Law School

University of North Carolina School of Law
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2016, J.D.

Graduate School

University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism
Berkeley, California
2004, M.J.

College

Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina
1998, B.A. in Economics

Former Car Accident client, Online Google Review

James Scott Farrin's team was so helpful

James Scott Farrin's team was so helpful and so responsive to all my questions and kept me very aware of everything that went on with my case from day one. I would highly recommend this firm to anyone. … They had patience and gave me straight up honest answers to everything I wanted to know. ¹

Former Automobile Accident Client, Online Google Review

I love the staff at James Scott Farrin.

I love the staff at James Scott Farrin. They are organized, nice, [and] friendly, and they seem to be very family-oriented. I've just recently referred another client to them because I know they will take care of her. ¹

For legal reasons and client confidentiality, reviews have been slightly edited to remove identifying information and correct typos.