R. Parker McFarland Jr.
Banks, Stubbs & McFarland LLP
-Standing firm restoring shattered lives through prayer, tenacity, and compassion
Attorney R. “Parker” McFarland, Jr. is a fourth generation attorney whose mission is to restore lives shattered by wrongful death and serious accidents and injuries. Since 2020, Parker has been voted “BEST PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY” four (4) times by the Forsyth County News. Parker is a Christian advocate who prays for and with his clients, providing aggressive legal representation rooted in faith and genuine care and concern.
Parker’s great-grandfather, John Alexander McFarland, started practicing in 1905 and quickly became a prolific trial lawyer who won 2/3 of his cases. His son, Parker’s grandfather, Joe Alexander McFarland, was president of his law school class at Ole Miss and was a county attorney and circuit judge in Jasper, Mississippi. Joe McFarland was so well respected that he was invited to be a judge at the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Parker McFarland was raised in Cumming, graduated from South Forsyth High School in 1994, and obtained his B.A. degree in English at Covenant College. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Mississippi College of Law in 2001, although he completed his final year of law school at the University of Georgia. Parker practiced law with his father, Robert “Bob” P. McFarland, Sr. at McFarland & McFarland, P.C. from 2001 until his father’s retirement in 2015.
Following a merger, Parker McFarland was brought to this firm as a partner in 2015. Since that time, the firm has been consistently been voted “Best of Forsyth.” Parker is a trial and appellate lawyer whose practice focuses on serious personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from auto accidents and others’ negligence. Through the firm’s core values of wisdom, integrity, prayer, excellence, and selflessness, Parker has secured many significant recoveries against auto insurance companies for serious injuries and wrongful death.
- Personal Injury
- Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia
- ID Number: 491252
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- Attorney & Partner
- Banks, Stubbs & McFarland LLP
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- Mississippi College School of Law
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- The University of Georgia School of Law
- J.D. (2001)
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- Clients Choice
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- Clients Choice
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- Best Criminal Attorney
- Forsyth County News
- Intoxilyzer 9000 Operator's Class
- NHTSA/IACP
- Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor
- NHTSA/IACP
- State Bar of Georgia # 491252
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- Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce
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- National College for DUI Defense
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- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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- Forsyth County Criminal Defense Bar
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- Forsyth County Bar Association
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- Forsyth County Criminal Defense Bar
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- North Forsyth Rotary Club
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- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
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- Forsyth County Bar Association
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- Forsyth County Bar Association
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- Lanier Jaycees
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- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
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- Forsyth County Criminal Defense Bar
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- DUI Super Symposium Seminar Presentation
- Effectively Handling DUI Roadblock Cases
- DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Practitioner Course Presentation
- Effectively Cross-examining the Arresting Officer
- DUI Super Symposium Seminar Presentation
- Voir Dire for DUI Cases
- Forsyth County Criminal Defense Bar Presentation
- Your Client Failed the Field Sobriety Tests, Now What?
- Voir Dire For DUI Cases: Picking Off the Enemy, DUI Symposium Seminar
