Paridis, Paul O.

Tony Farmer practices law in Knoxville, Tennessee.  He received his undergraduate (Economics) and Law degrees from the University of Tennessee.  He is a member of the Knoxville and Tennessee bar associations, The American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, the Tennessee Association for Justice (formerly the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association), the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, and the Hamilton Burnett Chapter of the American Inns of Court.  He was selected for inclusion in 2011 Mid-South Super Lawyers and in 2012 was selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice area of Workers' Compensation.

Mr. Farmer is a Past President of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and also served that statewide Association as Vice-President, Chairman of the CLE Committee, Chairman of the Amicus Curiae Committee, and Chairman of the Publications Committee.  Mr. Farmer was Editor of Tennessee Trial Lawyer Magazine from 1987 through 1991.  He has been a member of the TTLA Board of Governors since 1986.

Mr. Farmer is a regular lecturer/presenter in the areas of civil litigation, products liability, workers' compensation, and damages, and has participated as a speaker in these areas on programs sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association, the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and the Tennessee State AFL-CIO Labor Council.

Mr. Farmer is certified as a Civil Trial Advocate/Specialist by the American Board of Trial Advocates (National Certification) and by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization (State Certification).

Mr. Farmer is currently one of only six voting members of the State of Tennessee Worker's Compensation Advisory Council and has served as a member of the Advisory Council since 1998.

Mr. Farmer was appointed to serve on the City of Knoxville's first Mayor's Advisory Council on Police in 1998.  He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Florence Crittenton Agency of East Tennessee and served as Chairman of the Agency's Board. 

In January 2012, Tony was inducted as a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation, Class of 2012. Tennessee Bar Foundation membership is by invitation only and is limited to those outstanding lawyers, judges and law professors who have been nominated and elected by the Bar Foundation Board of Trustees from across the State of Tennessee.