Erin Farrell Farthing

Associate

Erin Farrell Farthing practices in the areas of trucking and transportation law, general insurance defense, governmental defense, civil litigation, civil rights and section 1983 defense and professional liability. Erin was one of 11 attorneys in South Carolina selected for the South Carolina Bar Association Leadership Academy in 2012. In 2010, 2011 and again in 2012, The McKay Firm was selected as one of the Best Law Firms in America®, for their practice of workers’ compensation defense litigation. The McKay Firm was also selected for the 2012 edition of the Recommended Insurance Attorney Directory published by A.M. Best, Inc.

Erin and her husband, Mark, reside in Columbia.

Admitted

  • 2007, South Carolina
  • 2007, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
  • 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
  • 2010, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Education

  • University of South Carolina (J.D., 2007)
    • Dean’s List
    • Law Journal, Associate Editor, South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business
  • University of South Carolina (B.A., 2003)
    • President’s List

Leadership and Professional Organizations

  • American Bar Association
  • South Carolina Bar Association, Member, Children’s Law Committee, Young Lawyers Division
  • Richland County Bar Association
  • South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
  • South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
  • South Carolina Women Lawyers Association

Dedication to Community Improvement

  • Brian C. Martin Memorial Golf Tournament
  • Kids Chance of South Carolina
  • Member, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
  • SC Bar Young Lawyers Division, Cinderella Project
  • SC Bar, Young Lawyers Division, Special Olympics