Barry Jennings

I am a native North Carolinian born and raised in a small town in Camden County. If you’ve ever heard the expression “one-stoplight town,” you know where I’m from. There were only seventy people in my high school graduation class.

I went to North Carolina State University and majored in Animal Science. I hoped to work in the poultry or swine industry which is so vital to the Eastern part of our state which I call home. During college I had the opportunity to work with the North Carolina Pork Council and developed an interest in the political process. I thought I’d go to law school so I could work in politics. Once in law school, I realized you didn’t have to be a lawyer to be a politician, but I really liked the law and didn’t want to quit.

I found myself excited and challenged by the law, and after law school I found work with an insurance defense firm. For over two and a-half years I enjoyed the challenge of dealing with the intricacies and complexities of workers’ compensation cases. Workers’ compensation practice allows a lawyer to really develop legal “muscles” and flex them on a regular basis. I enjoyed interpreting the law and making arguments, and felt very comfortable with workers’ compensation issues. But working for an insurance defense firm did not provide the opportunity for real job satisfaction that I desired.

I came to the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin because of the reputation of its Workers’ Compensation practice. The lawyers here have a familiarity with the Workers’ Compensation system and several of them have worked with the North Carolina Industrial Commission (NCIC). I knew that as a lawyer working from the “other side of the table,” I would be able to help the working people of North Carolina feel comfortable within the legal settings they have to navigate when they become injured on the job. I enjoy helping people work their way through that to a successful resolution that they can live with.

Practice Area:
Workers’ Compensation

Law School:
University of North Carolina School of Law
Chapel Hill, NC
2003 J.D., with honors

College:
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
2000 B.S. in Animal Science with Minor in Poultry Science and Agriculture Business, magna cum laude

Specialization: Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ Compensation
Board of Legal Specialization, North Carolina State Bar

Memberships:
North Carolina State Bar
North Carolina Bar Association
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Wake County Bar Association
Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group
US District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist, Board of Legal Specialization of the North Carolina State Bar