John L. Farringer IV
Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison PLC
Recognized since 2016
Nashville, Tennessee
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Banking and Finance
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Litigation - Real Estate
Litigation - Securities


John Farringer is a trial lawyer focusing on complex business and commercial litigation. He practices in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate level and before administrative agencies. John is also experienced with all forms of alternative dispute resolution, regularly advises clients regarding litigation avoidance and assessment, and is listed as a Rule 31 General Civil Mediator.
With over two decades of experience, John has litigated many high-stakes and high-profile matters, both individually and as co-counsel with national firms. He has represented every type of business entity as well as individual officers and directors in a variety of matters, including securities litigation, shareholder actions, class actions, banking litigation, real estate litigation, tort and business tort actions, covenants not to compete/trade secrets, response to governmental subpoenas and investigations, contract disputes, boundary and land use disputes, nonprofit corporation act compliance, and civil rights actions.
John is the Vice-President of the Tennessee Bar Association and is a past member of and current counsel to the Tennessee Bar Association Board of Governors. He is a past Chair of the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission. John began his legal career by clerking for the Honorable Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr., Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.
- E-mail: jfarringer@srvhlaw.com
- Direct Phone Number: 615-742-4563
- Phone Number: (615) 742-4200
- Lawyer Page: https://www.srvhlaw.com/attorneys/john-farringer/
- 1600 West End Avenue, Suite 1750
Nashville, TN 37203
- Vanderbilt University, J.D., graduated 2002
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., magna cum laude, graduated 1999
- Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association - Vice President
- American Bar Foundation - Fellow
- American Bar Association - Member, Litigation Section
- Cathedral of the Incarnation - Parishioner
- Economic Club of Nashville - Board Member
- The Family Center - Past President and Board Member
- Nashville Bar Association - Member
- Richland-West End Neighborhood Association - Member, Board of Directors
- Tennessee Bar Association - Member, Leadership Law Class of 2011
- Tennessee Bar Association - Member, Litigation Section
- Tennessee Bar Association Access to Justice Committee - Past Chair
- Tennessee Bar Association Board of Governors - Past Member and current Assistant Counsel
- Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission - Past Chair and Member
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
32 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
10 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Nashville (2026)
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Nashville (2026)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Nashville (2024)
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Nashville (2023)
- Litigation - Securities, Nashville (2023)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Nashville (2021)
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Securities
ACLU Bill of Rights Award (2015)
Benchmark Litigation “Future Star,” Appellate, Commercial, Securities (2014 – 2026)
Benchmark Litigation “Under 40 Hot List” (2016 – 2017)
Chambers USA: Litigation (2022 – 2025)
Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
Mid-South Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, General Litigation (2013 – 2024)
Mid-South Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2011 – 2012)
Mid-South Super Lawyers “Top 100: Tennessee Super Lawyers” (2024)
Nashville Bar Foundation’s Fellows Program, Class of 2020
Nashville Business Journal “Best of The Bar” (2016, 2023)
Tennessee Bar Association’s Harris Gilbert Pro Bono Award (2012)
Tennessee Bar Association’s President’s Award for work as Chair of Medical-Legal Partnership Working Group (2015)
Tennessee Supreme Court Attorneys for Justice Pro Bono Honor Roll (2015 – 2016, 2018 – 2019, 2023, 2025)
Vanderbilt Law School, J.D.
- Edmund M. Morgan Prize for most outstanding note on the Vanderbilt Law Review
- John W. Wade Scholar
- Member, Moot Court Board
- Member, Order of the Coif
Washington and Lee University, B.A., magna cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
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