Brian J. Farrar
Top rated Employment & Labor attorney in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Sterling Employment Law
Practice areas: Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation; view more
Licensed in Michigan since: 2015
Education: Hofstra University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2025 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2018 - 2022 Call today:
248-633-8916
Sterling Employment Law
33 Bloomfield Hills ParkwaySuite 250
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 Visit website
Brian J. Farrar is an experienced trial attorney and the Managing Shareholder of Sterling Employment Law in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Mr. Farrar regularly represents senior level executives at large companies, as well as hourly wage employees, regarding employment law matters. He provides comprehensive legal assistance to his clients in matters involving noncompete law, wage and hour violations, discrimination and wrongful discharge lawsuits, and much more. In addition to representing employees, he also helps businesses and entrepreneurs navigate the complex employment law landscape.
Mr. Farrar frequently appears in state and federal courts and has won approximately 15 jury trials, including obtaining a nearly $3 Million verdict on behalf of a client who was fired for reporting sexual harassment. He also negotiates many high-value, out-of-court settlements for his clients, such as a pretrial settlement of $1.46 million for female college professors who had filed a lawsuit alleging unequal pay and sex discrimination. In 2020, this was also one of the largest settlements for sex discrimination in the country.
Mr. Farrar obtained his law degree from the Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law in 2009, and his Bachelor's from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
He is licensed to practice law in Michigan and New York, as well as several federal district and appellate courts.
Practice areas
Employment & Labor: Employee, Employment Litigation: DefenseFocus areas
Employment Discrimination, Employment Law - Employee, Employment Law - Employer, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour Laws, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- 80% Employment & Labor: Employee
- 20% Employment Litigation: Defense
First Admitted: 2010, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.sterlingattorneys.com/attorney/brian-j-farrar/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Michigan
- Vistage Michigan, Trusted Advisor Program
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- New York
- State Bar of Michigan - Labor & Employment Section (2015-present) Oakland County Bar Association (2015 to present) City of New York Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee Member (2010-2015)
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Lead trial counsel representing plaintiff/employee in FLSA claim in federal court (EDMI - Judge Levy). Result: jury verdict for plaintiff, max damages awarded. , 2016
- Lead trial counsel representing defendant police officers in re-trial of 1983 claim in federal court. Result: jury verdict for plaintiff, less than previous judgment/settlement demand; appeal pending (SDNY - Judge Carter). 2013: Lead trial counsel representing defendant police officers in 1983 claim in federal court (EDNY - Judge Kuntz). Result: jury verdict for defendants. 2013: Lead trial counsel representing defendant correction officers in 1983 claim in federal court (SDNY - Judge Gardephe). Result: jury verdict for defendants. 2013: 2013: Lead trial counsel representing defendant police officers in 1983 claim in federal court (EDNY - Judge Korman). Result: verdict for defendants., 2015
- Lead trial counsel representing plaintiff in a wrongful discharge lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Obtained nearly $3 Million verdict following jury trial on behalf of client., 2023
Educational Background
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Workplace Harassment Law, Injunctive Relief Under Federal Law, Ch 32, 2d Edition, Bloomberg Law., 2019
- To Legislate or To Arbitrate: An Analysis of U.S. Foreign Investment Policy after FINSA and the Benefits of International Arbitration, Hofstra Journal of International Business and Law, Vol. 7, No. 1., 2008
- Jurisdiction in New York Courts, Federal Bar Council Quarterly, Vol. XXI, No 4.
- Say What? The Case for Hearsay at the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions, Michigan State International Law Review, 2014
Industry Groups
- Higher Education
- Private Sector
- Public Sector
Office location for Brian J. Farrar
33 Bloomfield Hills Parkway
Suite 250
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
Phone: 248-633-8916
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2025 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2018 - 2022
