Ms. McFarland's mission is to serve Sedona and the Verde Valley with experience and integrity. Since 2002, she has provided complete client service in the areas of estateplanning, business law, real estate, and appellate practice.Ms. McFarland entered private practice in 1993. From 1993 through 2001, she workedwith firms in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara, California, primarilyfocusing on complex, commercial trial and appellate work in state and federal courtsacross the nation. Ms. McFarland's practice included disputes about employmentcontracts, partnership agreements, commercial leases, joint ventures, 10b(5) securitieslitigation, shareholder derivative actions, compliance with the Investment CompanyAct of 1940, fraud in many contexts, and price fixing. Ms. McFarland also gainedexperience before the Court of International Trade, in franchising, applying for U.S.trademarks, and merging and reorganizing banks. For several years, Ms. McFarlandwas lead counsel for a Maryland bank which had a Winstar claim in the United StatesCourt of Federal Claims. Ms. McFarland's practice also included extensive brief writingexperience in state and federal appellate courts across the country, including a caseshe briefed, argued, and won before the California Supreme Court.Ms. McFarland is a 1993 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, havingpreviously received her undergraduate degree in political science from UCLA in 1987.While still in law school, Ms. McFarland drafted Estonia?s antitrust statute inconsultation with the government of Estonia. Ms. McFarland has published articlesentitled "The Schengen Agreement And Its Portent For Immigration In Europe" and"Czechoslovakia Links Economic And Immigration Policies." She enjoys travelingand the great outdoors of Northern Arizona.Courthouse RockCathedral Rock View More ?
27 years of experience