Robert A. Farris Jr.

Robert A. Farris Jr. is a member of The American Association for Justice. The Association is a national organization composed of The Top 100 Trial Lawyers from each state. Membership is obtained through special invitation and is extended only to those attorneys who exemplify superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature, and profile as civil plaintiff or criminal defense trial lawyers.

• Attorney

• North Carolina, 1971
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Tax Court

• Wilson County Bar Association (Former President)
• Seventh Judicial District Bar (Former President)
• North Carolina Bar Association
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice (formerly North Carolina Trial Lawyers Association)
• American Bar Association
• American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member)
• Downtown Redevelopment, Wilson, North Carolina (Former Board of Directors and Executive Board)
• Wilson Educational Opportunities, Inc. - Hattie Daniels Day Care Center (Board of Directors)
• Loyal Order of the Moose
• Loyal Order of the Elks
• Knights of Columbus
• PAD Legal Fraternity
• Wilson OIC Board of Directors (Charter Member)
• Wilson OIC Board of Directors, 1983 - Present (Chairman)
• OIC of America, 1984 - 2008 (National Executive Board of Directors)
• OICA, 1990 - 2000 (Regional Vice Chairperson)
• St. Therese Catholic Church, Wilson, NC
• Parish Advisory Council (Former Chairman)
• St. Therese Catholic School, Wilson NC, 2008 - Present (School Advisory Committee)
• North Carolina Education Lottery Commission, 2005 - Present
• North Carolina Education Lottery Commission, 2009 - Present (Chairperson)
• Sallie B. Howard Charter School (Board of Directors)