R. Parker McFarland Jr.

Banks, Stubbs & McFarland LLP

Cumming, GA

24+ Years Experience

Licensed in 1 State

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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. Parker is admitted to practice in all state, superior, federal, and appellate courts in Georgia as well as the United States Supreme Court. Parker has served as attorney coach of the South Forsyth High School Mock Trial team since 2009. He is a past president of the Forsyth County Bar Association, member of the North Forsyth Rotary Club, and serves on the Board of Directors of Signature Awakening Ministries. Parker and his wife, Nicole, together with their three children, Mary Elizabeth McFarland, Robert Parker McFarland III, and Joshua VanMeter McFarland live in Cumming, Georgia and are active members of Restoration Church in Alpharetta. Parker’s wife, Nicole, works in international missions, is an author, and highly sought after Bible teacher. Parker has coordinated the Forsyth County National Day of Prayer event since 2020 and also serves on the state team for Georgia National Day of Prayer.