Collins, David T.

J. Douglas Farrell obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Washington and Jefferson College; a master's degree in education from California University of Pennsylvania in 1991 and his juris doctorate degree from Duquesne University School of Law.

Since Mr. Farrell's admission to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1992, he has concentrated his practice in the areas of family law, estate planning and administration, real estate, personal injury and divorce mediation.

In regards to his personal injury practice, Mr. Farrell has effectuated six and seven figure recoveries for several of his clients in personal injury matters.

Mr. Farrell has represented families in the estate planning area of the law by providing last will and testaments, powers of attorney, and living wills for his clients. 

Mr. Farrell has extensive firsthand experience in family law matters, including divorce, custody and child support. Mr. Farrell has applied his firsthand experience in traditional divorce litigation by representing clients in equitable distribution hearings, custody hearings and trials and support proceedings as well as in divorce mediation, to achieve resolution for his clients without resorting to litigation. 

On a regular basis, the bench of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania appoints Mr. Farrell as a Divorce Master to hear complex equitable distribution hearings. Mr. Farrell has extensive first hand experience in family law matters, including divorce, custody and child support.

In February 2009, Mr. Farrell completed a 40-hour mediation training course sponsored by the Federal Bar Association that was held at the U.S. District Courthouse for the Western District of Pennsylvania located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he was recently trained in collaborative law in the Summer of 2009.

Mr. Farrell is a member of the Collaborative Law Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania ("CLASP"). CLASP is an association of attorneys dedicated to resolving some family law matters using the methods of collaborative law without resorting to litigation in court.

Mr. Farrell is a member of the Westmoreland County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He is a former instructor in the paralegal program at the Westmoreland County Community College located in Youngwood, Pennsylvania, and a former Child Support Advocate at the Domestic Relations Office of Westmoreland County, Greensburg, Pennsylvania.