State Sen. Gary Farmer Joins Morgan & Morgan
“A small sacrifice was autonomy,” Gary Farmer said of joining 400-lawyer Morgan & Morgan after having his own smaller firm. “But with autonomy comes extra headaches."
April 24, 2018 at 06:09 PM
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Morgan & Morgan announced this week that Florida State Sen. Gary Farmer, a consumer plaintiffs lawyer whose prior law firm dissolved last year, is joining the 400-lawyer plaintiffs firm.
Farmer, based in Fort Lauderdale, was previously a name partner at the much-smaller litigation firm Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, which ceased operations in October 2017 after Steven Jaffe, another one of the founding partners, joined statewide mediation group Upchurch, Watson, White & Max Mediation Group.
“I began looking around for my next landing spot,” said Farmer, adding that he entertained plenty of offers. He said he found what he was looking for at Morgan & Morgan, citing the strength of its practices and its focus on consumer class action cases.
Orlando-based Morgan & Morgan on Tuesday touted Farmer's role in winning the largest qui tam settlements in U.S. history for alleged off-label pharmaceutical marketing: $2.2 billion against Janssen, $1.42 billion against Eli Lilly, and $520 million against AstraZeneca.
Farmer's campaign website says he began his legal career handling insurance defense matters before striking out as a plaintiff lawyer.
What will he be giving up by joining a bigger firm, after having helped lead his own with his name on the door?
“A small sacrifice was autonomy,” Farmer said, “but with autonomy comes extra headaches. Frankly, I don't have to worry about some things as much.”
His “second job” as a state senator “is pretty time-consuming as well,” Farmer said. Elected as a Democrat in 2016, Farmer represents Florida's 34th district, which includes Broward County, and serves on the Education Committee, K-12 and Higher Education Appropriations Committees, Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee, and Agriculture Committee.
“Few attorneys embody Morgan & Morgan's mission of fighting to right wrongs like Gary Farmer,” said Morgan & Morgan's founder, John Morgan, in a statement. “Time and time again he has shown that he isn't afraid to stand up to the largest corporations when American lives and rights are at stake,” Morgan added.
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