Farrar & Bates

What Farrar & Bates does

Farrar Bates Berexa (also doing business as Farrar & Bates) is a private Tennessee litigation and advisory law firm founded in 1992 and headquartered at 12 Cadillac Drive, Suite 480, Brentwood, Tennessee. The firm employs 11 attorneys organized around seven practice areas: Trial & Appellate Practice; Mediation, Arbitration & Administrative Practice; Municipal Law; Defense of Real Estate Errors and Omissions Actions; Workers' Compensation; Corporate Counsel Representation; and Administrative Law. Co-founder J. Russell Farrar serves as Senior Partner and Kristin E. Berexa (joined 1994) as Managing Partner, with a bench of additional partners and attorneys whose tenures span from 1999 through a 2026 hire.

The firm serves four primary client verticals: insurance companies and agencies (E&O defense and coverage matters), public entities and municipalities (municipal law, land use, zoning, tort liability, employment actions, police liability, and civil rights defense), real estate firms and licensees (E&O defense against breach of contract, fiduciary duty, negligence, and fraud claims), and state-level trade associations and nonprofit organizations (general representation). Revenue is generated exclusively through professional service fees (hourly or per-matter billing typical of litigation firms); no alternative pricing, subscription, or platform-based revenue streams are present.

Distribution is direct: the firm engages clients through professional reputation, referrals, and direct enterprise relationships with no resellers, marketplaces, or third-party channels. Marketing is limited to a single website (fbb.law) that lists practice areas and team profiles. The firm has operated from a single Tennessee office for over 30 years with no disclosed geographic expansion, no M&A activity, no outside investment, and no technology platform. All growth has been organic through attorney hiring, with three additions between 2023 and 2026.

Name

Farrar & Bates

Legal name

Farrar Bates Berexa

Website

https://farrar-bates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Farrar Bates Berexa (Farrar & Bates) is a private Tennessee law firm founded in 1992 with 11 attorneys providing litigation, municipal law, and advisory services to insurance companies, public entities, real estate firms, and trade associations across seven practice areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Municipal law
• Civil rights defense
• Litigation representation
• Real estate defense

Headquarters

HQ city

Brentwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: Law firm generates revenue through legal service fees charged to clients for representation in litigation, municipal law, real estate defense, workers compensation, corporate counsel, and administrative law matters. Fees are likely billed hourly or on a per-matter basis typical for litigation law firms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Farrar Bates Berexa is a Tennessee-based law firm founded in 1992 that provides comprehensive litigation and legal representation services to organizations and individuals. The firm delivers skilled representation across practice areas including trial and appellate practice, municipal law, civil rights defense, real estate errors and omissions defense, workers' compensation, corporate counsel representation, mediation/arbitration, and administrative law. Services are provided through a team of 11 attorneys based in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Product overview

Farrar Bates Berexa is a single-service law firm offering comprehensive litigation and legal representation services. The firm provides legal services across seven practice areas: Trial & Appellate Practice, Mediation/Arbitration & Administrative Practice, Municipal Law, Defense of Real Estate Errors and Omissions Actions, Workers' Compensation, Corporate Counsel Representation, and Administrative Law. This is a traditional law firm practice with no modular product architecture—the services are delivered through individual attorney practices rather than a platform-based model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trial and Appellate Practice
• Mediation, Arbitration and Administrative Practice
• Municipal Law
• Defense of Real Estate Errors and Omissions Actions
• Workers' Compensation
• Corporate Counsel Representation
• Administrative Law

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Butler Snow: Multi-state law firm with strong Tennessee presence and a similar defense litigation, municipal, and insurance defense practice; comparable in offering municipal law, civil rights defense, and trial/appellate representation to public entities.
• Thompson Burton: Nashville-based firm with municipal law, employment law, and litigation practices, serving similar public-entity and enterprise clients in Tennessee.
• Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison: Nashville-based litigation firm practicing in commercial disputes, appellate work, and administrative law; comparable in size and geographic footprint to Farrar Bates Berexa.
• Neal & Harwell: Nashville-based litigation boutique with a strong civil defense and appellate practice serving Tennessee enterprises and public entities.
• Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis: Nashville-based law firm with overlapping insurance defense, healthcare, and corporate counsel practices. A natural competitor for Tennessee enterprise and government clients.

Broad incumbents

• Baker Donelson: Large Tennessee-based full-service firm with a substantial government litigation, civil rights defense, and insurance practice. Competes for the same municipal and insurance clients but offers a far broader portfolio and many more attorneys.
• Bass Berry & Sims: Large Nashville-headquartered firm with broad corporate and litigation capabilities; competes for the same Tennessee enterprise and government clients from a position of greater scale.
• Bradley Arant Boult Cummings: Southeast regional firm with significant Nashville presence and a litigation practice covering insurance defense, municipal liability, and commercial disputes — a larger incumbent competing for similar clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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