Bradley S. Farrar has been practicing law for over 20 years and has been serving the diverse business, corporate and real estate law needs of Shipley & Horne’s clients since 2012. Mr. Farrar holds a Juris Doctorate from The National Law Center at The George Washington University, and is admitted to practice before all Courts in the State of Maryland, as well as before the United States District Court of Maryland. Additionally, he frequently represents clients in proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court of Maryland. Mr. Farrar practices in administrative law, creditor’s rights, real estate, and property management law, including landlord-tenant, condominiums, and homeowner associations and housing discrimination. He represents owners and developers of residential and commercial rental units throughout Maryland and is experienced in drafting lease documents, including lease agreements, lease applications, security deposit disposition, and pet addenda. He is also well versed in ejectment proceedings, rent escrow actions, wrongful detainer actions, tenant holding over actions, breach of lease proceedings, collection of delinquent accounts from tenants, and housing discrimination defense work. Utilizing his vast experience in real estate law, Mr. Farrar frequently represents owners who utilize Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) financing, and whose residents qualify for Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV). He has also advised Community Development Organizations (CDOs), Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), and Community Development Entities (CDEs). Mr. Farrar is a nationally recognized expert amongst his peers regarding affordable housing programs and economic and community development and has more than 15 years of government, legal, and business experience. Mr. Farrar previously served as Deputy Director of a quasi-governmental redevelopment agency, where he was responsible for the development and asset management of several mixed-use housing developments totaling over $150 million. He also served as Deputy Director of a municipal government’s Department of Housing and Community Development where he was responsible for Rental Assistance Programs, Low-Income Housing Programs, and Community Development Block Grant Programs. Additionally, he has provided advice to the United States Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund regarding its New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC), Financial Assistance Program and Technical Assistance Program (FA/TA). Mr. Farrar has also served as a financial and investment advisor to state government agencies, municipalities and housing authorities in the northwestern United States. An active member of the community, Mr. Farrar serves as a Property Owner’s representative on the City of College Park’s Rent Stabilization Board. He is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association and the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association.

Ray Farrell is a senior partner and co-founder of the firm with extensive experience in advising U.S. and international clients of all sizes on the effective development and utilization of their patent and trademark portfolios, with an eye towards achieving optimal return on the resources dedicated by a given client to its intellectual property strategy. Additionally, he advises clients on navigating freedom-to-operate issues to help them minimize risks while executing product launches or brand development. This experience was acquired over twenty-five years working with clients on the development of complex IP portfolios and commercial product launches in highly litigious environments. After first learning what each client’s unique business goals and objectives are, he then works with the client to formulate an overall intellectual property strategy to achieve those milestones. He continuously works with the clients to ensure that any changes, either to the client’s vision or the laws potentially affecting that vision, are addressed by advising the client of appropriate options, thereby ensuring a highly efficient and continuously optimized plan of execution. With a continuous attitude of “we are just getting started,” Mr. Farrell enjoys perfecting client service delivery processes and developing the careers of aspiring IP professionals as well as learning alongside them in order to offer the most effective and efficient team to best serve the needs of the firm’s clients. Mr. Farrell also has a strong belief in mentoring startup entrepreneurs so they can receive the early guidance necessary to set them on a sound trajectory for their venture’s success. To this end, he continuously donates extensive amounts of time educating startup entrepreneurs on the benefits of a sound intellectual property strategy to optimize their venture’s growth and either their continued development or ultimate exit. To help expand upon his individual mentoring efforts, he was principally involved in organizing participation in the MIT Venture Mentoring Outreach Program, a consortium made up of prestigious scientific research laboratories, academic institutions, business incubators, and a business accelerator.

Area of Practice: Probate, Estate Planning, Estate Litigation Stacey S. Farrell is a Cobb County native and lives in the Marietta area with her husband, John, and their two sons. Stacey was born and raised in Mableton, Georgia. Stacey graduated from the University of Georgia in 1999, with a Bachelor of Business Administration, in International Business; a Minor in Japanese; and Honors in Political Science. Stacey graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude, in 2002. She is licensed to practice law in Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas. Stacey Farrell has practiced law for over 20 years. She and her husband, John Farrell, own The Farrell Law Firm, P.C., a law firm that has provided premium legal services to the Metro Atlanta Area for almost 10 years. Prior to her joining The Farrell Law Firm, Stacey was an equity partner at a top global law firm, leading the representation of corporate clientele in complex business disputes and high-stakes litigation throughout the United States. Stacey has litigated numerous cases in U.S. state and federal courts involving both individual and corporate disputes. Stacey has a wealth of experience in property law, including both residential and commercial property disputes. She has worked at the corporate and individual level to resolve complex disputes involving significant and high-valued assets. Stacey has taken hundreds of depositions. She has mediated and litigated hundreds of cases arising from catastrophic property loss, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, breach of contract, property-related disputes, and other high value claims. Stacey's practice now primarily focuses on the division of assets. Stacey provides specialized legal representation tailored to the individual client's needs, whether that be in divorce proceedings; non-contested or contested probate matters; or in other individual and small-business related disputes and litigation. Stacey's years of experience in complex nationwide litigation and dispute resolution, coupled with her specialized property and contract law background, gives her a heightened degree of expertise and a unique perspective in the representation of her clients.

Mark R. Farrow received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Northern Illinois University. Although he did not major in English, he received the English Department’s annual Orville Baker Award for Excellence in Writing, which is awarded to one student at the end of each academic year. While studying law at the University of Illinois, Mark was a member of the National Moot Court Team and received the Rickert Award for excellence in moot court. After receiving his Juris Doctor Degree in 1989, Mark served for two years as Appellate Law Clerk to Justice Carl A. Lund (retired). Mark has practiced law in Naperville since 1991 and joined Fay, Farrow & Associates, P.C. in 2002 after deciding to concentrate his practice in the field of family law. He became a partner in 2004. Mark’s approach to divorce cases is enlightened by his diverse trial experience and his life experience as a father, stepfather, and an individual who has experienced the divorce process firsthand. Mark is known for his intelligence, thorough preparation, and sense of perspective, all of which help to eliminate some of the anxiety clients often experience when involved in the legal process. Mark is affiliated with the Illinois State, DuPage County, and Will County Bar Associations. He is certified as a Child’s Representative and an Arbitrator in DuPage County. He is also the President of the Pheasant Glen Homeowners Association. Mark resides in Naperville with his wife Julie and their two children.