Profile

Bill Farthing served as Managing Partner from 2002-2012. In this role, he served on Parker Poe's Board of Directors and as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Farthing worked to establish and implement the Firm's strategic directions and oversaw day-to-day management and operations with the assistance of the administrative management.

Mr. Farthing frequently lectures and participates in seminars on employment law and is available to conduct in-house management training workshops on the legal aspects of personnel and employee relations.

While at the University of North Carolina, Mr. Farthing was a member of the University of North Carolina Law Review.

Experience Highlights

In addition to his previous position as Managing Partner, Mr. Farthing has extensive experience in advising employers in a number of employment law areas, including:

• Personnel counseling on executive and employee hiring, evaluation, discipline and termination
• EEOC proceedings and litigation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• Litigation involving wrongful discharge, breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress and other torts arising out of the employment relationship
• Sexual harassment
• Affirmative Action Plan drafting and OFCCP compliance under Executive Order 11246
• Executive employment contracts

News

• Thomas Griffin Named Managing Partner of Parker Poe
  May 3, 2012
• Partners, Business Leaders and Officials Honor Former Mayor
  Law Partners Donate Artwork and Commemorative Plaque, Council Names Lobby and Ballroom to Honor Charles Meeker
  December 14, 2011
• American Bar Foundation Honors Parker Poe Managing Partner
  September 20, 2010
• Parker Poe Re-Elects Farthing for Third Term as Managing Partner
  September 16, 2010
• More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
  September 24, 2008
• Not Resting on a Good View
  Charlotte Observer
  March 23, 2008
• Farthing Re-Elected as Parker Poe Managing Partner
  February 13, 2007
• Charlotte Law Firms Make Jump in National Rankings
  Charlotte Business Journal
  November 17, 2006
• Parker Poe Among Fastest Growing NLJ 250 Firms
  November 16, 2006
• Wachovia Presents Cornerstone Award to Parker Poe
  October 3, 2006
• Parker Poe Attorney Named to Advisory Board for the Southeastern Managing Partner Forum
  June 6, 2005
• South Carolina Enacts "At-Will"/Handbook Statute 2. Changes to FLSA Overtime Regulations
  EmployNews
  May 18, 2004

Memberships

• Legal Services of the Southern Piedmont
  Board of Directors, 2009-2010
• Johnson C. Smith University
  Board of Trustees, 1999-2008; Executive Committee, 1999-2008; Finance Committee, 1999-2008; Board of Visitors, 1985-1999; University Attorney
• Charlotte Repertory Theatre
  Board of Directors, 1990-1999; Chairman, Education and Outreach Committee, 1994-1998; Executive Committee, 1994-1998
• The Remsen Group's Managing Partner Forum
  Advisory Board
• Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
  Board of Advisors
• National Association of College and University Attorneys
  Member
• American Employment Law Council
  Member
• Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
  Vice Chairman, 1999-2002; Member, Management Committee, 1990-2002; Chairman, Recruiting Committee, 1984-1988