Mr. Farley is a shareholder in the Firm whose practice is devoted to the defense of claims for medical and professional malpractice. He has extensive expertise in the defense of health care professionals and institutions against claims of medical and professional malpractice and has represented injured parties as well. Mr. Farley has tried over 75 cases to verdict in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. He appears regularly before state and federal trial and appellate courts in those jurisdictions, and is responsible for all aspects of case management, including the development of case strategy, trial and briefing and arguing any appeals. He has been a frequent speaker to various health care professional groups and health care institutions on all issues of medical malpractice defense. Mr. Farley also is a civil litigation mediator.

After completing law school, Mr. Farley was law clerk to the Honorable James F. Couch, Jr. of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, after which he entered private practice. Prior to joining Wharton Levin Ehrmantraut & Klein, Mr. Farley was the managing partner of a national law firm whose sole practice was the defense of complex medical malpractice actions in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia and West Virginia. He also has significant experience in general civil litigation, including personal injury and worker's compensation claims. Mr. Farley is a member of the Federal and State Bar Associations of Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, West Virginia, and of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Farley is BV® Peer Review Rated in Martindale-Hubbell.

Current Employment Position(s):
Shareholder

Bar Admissions: Maryland, 1985 U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1986 Virginia, 1987 U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1987 District of Columbia, 1988 U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1988 West Virginia, 1997 U.S. Supreme Court, 1998

Education:
University of Baltimore School of Law Baltimore, Maryland, 1985 J.D. Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award Domestic Relations, 1984

Loyola College, 1982 B.A.

Published Works:
Co-Author, What your Defense Attorney You to Know, Maryland Family Doctor (2009) Also published as a book chapter in Advice to the Young Physician, R. Colgan, M.D.

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Anne Arundel County Bar Association
Maryland State Bar Association
The District of Columbia Bar
Virginia Bar Association
The West Virginia Bar Association