Attorney Gary Farmer Appointed to The Florida Bar’s Code & Rules of Evidence Committee

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Attorney Gary Farmer Appointed to The Florida Bar’s Code & Rules of Evidence Committee

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Gary Farmer, partner at Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, PL, has been appointed to The Florida Bar's Code & Rules of Evidence Committee.

The Code & Rules of Evidence Committee is responsible for ensuring that the Supreme Court's Rules of Evidence are in accordance with the law of evidence established by the legislature and codified in the Florida Statutes. The committee evaluates and makes recommendations on proposed legislative changes. Mr. Farmer will serve a three-year term on the committee.

Mr. Farmer was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1991. He has spent almost his entire career fighting for the rights of consumers, fair and just compensation for victims, the creation of new law that protects society, and the protection of the civil justice system and full access to the court system.

Over the past decade, Mr. Farmer has been at the forefront of high-profile consumer litigation in Florida: Whether acting as lead counsel in record setting qui tam recoveries, creating new law and causes of actions for subscribers wrongfully denied coverage by their HMO’s, litigating the “Butterfly Ballot” and absentee voting cases to the Florida Supreme Court during the infamous 2000 election litigation, representing consumers who were deceived by tobacco companies’ deceptive marketing practices involving light cigarettes, or representing patients, consumers and employees wronged by deceptive trade practices. Mr. Farmer has also been involved in landmark pharmaceutical litigation (Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson) involving injury claims of patients who ingested drugs with dangerous side-effects that were hidden by the drug companies.

Mr. Farmer has been profiled in The Best Lawyers In America and rated AV by his professional peers through the Martindale-Hubbell © Peer Review Rating system. The South Florida Legal Guide has selected Mr. Farmer to be recognized as a "Top Lawyer" for his work in class actions.

The Florida Bar is a guardian for the integrity of the legal profession. The Florida Bar is the statewide professional organization of lawyers. To learn more about The Florida Bar visit: www.flabar.org.

Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L., a Fort Lauderdale Litigation firm, focuses on Consumer Class Actions, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, and Whistleblower Suits (qui tam). The firm is headquartered at 425 N. Andrews Avenue, Suite 2 and may be reached at (800) 400-1098 or (954) 524-2820. Additional information about Gary M. Farmer, Jr or the firm may be obtained from the firm’s website at www.pathtojustice.com or LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/2280113?trk=NUS_DIG_CMPY-fol.