Parker McFarland Jr. - Cumming, GA
Attorney at Banks, Stubbs & McFarland LLP
Serious Personal Injury Lawyers in Cumming, GA
309 Pirkle Ferry Road Bldg. F Cumming, GA 30040
Established Faith Based North Georgia Law Firm Serious Personal Injury Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Serious Personal Injury
- Auto Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Trucking Accidents
- Boating Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Premises Liability
- Slip and Fall
- Negligent Security
- Dram Shop Liability
- Social Host Liability
- DUI Accidents
Litigation: 80%
Attorney Information
Overview
Attorney R. “Parker” McFarland, Jr. is a fourth generation attorney whose mission is to restore lives shattered by wrongful death and serious accidents and injuries. Since 2019, Parker has been voted “BEST PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY” for 5 years by the Forsyth County News. Parker is a Christian advocate who prays for and with his clients, providing aggressive legal representation rooted in faith and genuine care and concern. Parker’s great-grandfather, John Alexander McFarland, started practicing in 1905 and quickly became a prolific trial lawyer who won 2/3 of his cases. His son, Parker’s grandfather, Joe Alexander McFarland, was president of his law school class at Ole Miss and was a county attorney and circuit judge in Jasper, Mississippi. Joe McFarland was so well respected that he was invited to be a judge at the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Parker McFarland was raised in Cumming, graduated from South Forsyth High School in 1994, and obtained his B.A. degree in English at Covenant College. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Mississippi College of Law in 2001, although he completed his final year of law school at the University of Georgia. Parker practiced law with his father, Robert “Bob” P. McFarland, Sr. at McFarland & McFarland, P.C. from 2001 until his father’s retirement in 2015.
Following a merger, Parker McFarland was brought to this firm as a partner in 2015. Since that time, the firm has been consistently been voted “Best of Forsyth.” Parker is a trial and appellate lawyer whose practice focuses on serious personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from auto accidents and others’ negligence. Through the firm’s core values of wisdom, integrity, prayer, excellence, and selflessness, Parker has secured many significant recoveries against auto insurance companies for serious injuries and wrongful death.
Parker is admitted to practice in all state, superior, federal, and appellate courts in Georgia as well as the United States Supreme Court.
Parker has served as attorney coach of the South Forsyth High School Mock Trial team since 2009. He is a past president of the Forsyth County Bar Association, member of the North Forsyth Rotary Club, and serves on the Board of Directors of Signature Awakening Ministries. Parker and his wife, Nicole, together with their three children, Mary Elizabeth McFarland, Robert Parker McFarland III, and Joshua VanMeter McFarland live in Cumming, Georgia and are active members of Restoration Church in Alpharetta.
Parker’s wife, Nicole, works in international missions, is an author, and highly sought after Bible teacher. Parker has coordinated the Forsyth County National Day of Prayer event since 2020 and also serves on the state team for Georgia National Day of Prayer.
Education
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Legal Education
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Mississippi College School of Law,
Jackson,
Mississippi, 2001
J.D. - University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
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Mississippi College School of Law,
Jackson,
Mississippi, 2001
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Non Legal Education
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Covenant College,
Lookout Mountain,
Tennessee, 1998
B.A.
Major: English - South Forsyth High School, 1994
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Covenant College,
Lookout Mountain,
Tennessee, 1998
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner, since 2015
Past Positions
- McFarland & McFarland, Partner, 2001 - 2015
Pro Bono Activities
- North Forsyth Rotary Club, Member, 2012 - Present
- National College for DUI Defense, Member
- Influencers Church, Member
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 2001
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- Forsyth County Criminal Defense Bar Association (Past President)
- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Forsyth County Bar Association, 2012 (Past President)
- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Past Vice President)
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Contact
309 Pirkle Ferry Road
Bldg. F
Cumming, GA 30040
Phone: 770-887-1209
Fax: 770-889-5898
Email: Send a message
Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
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