Two law clerks who worked at the highest levels of Tennessee and federal appellate courts founded a law firm together in Murfreesboro in 2012. Amy Jenkins Farrar clerked for Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia A. Clark. Amanda Moore clerked for the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and taught law at Vanderbilt. The appellate credentials embedded in the founding of Farrar Moore are not incidental to what the firm does: civil appeals are a listed practice area, Farrar is counsel of record in dozens of appeals including Tennessee Supreme Court decisions, and both founders are admitted to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The firm operates from 718 South Church Street in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Practice Areas
Civil Appeals
Farrar Moore offers appellate representation at all Tennessee appellate levels and in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. This covers full representation as counsel of record and consultation for attorneys and clients who need appellate strategy or briefing assistance without transferring the entire matter. Farrar has been selected as a Mid-South SuperLawyers Rising Star for six consecutive years, holds an Avvo rating of 10.0, and has served as Chair of both the Nashville Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Committee and the TBA Executive Council Appellate Practice Committee. She has been an Assistant Editor of the Tennessee Appellate Practice Handbook for more than ten years.
This is not a practice area that most general-service firms offer with this depth. Appellate work requires a distinct skill set from trial work, and the firm’s founding credentials make it one of the more substantively appellate-focused practices in Middle Tennessee.
Business Law
The firm handles business formation including LLCs and corporations, nonprofit formation and tax-exempt designation from the IRS, business contracts such as commercial leases and clinical trial agreements, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and general ongoing business counsel. Cemetery trust formation is also listed.
Attorney Sharon Dieringer’s work with tax-exempt designation and nonprofit formation represents a subspecialty within the broader business practice. Drake Uselton, a lifelong Rutherford County resident, focuses his business practice on formation, contracts, and real estate, providing a locally rooted perspective for business clients in the area.
Employment Law
The firm advises and represents both employers and employees on employment matters including contracts, disputes, and compliance. Specific employment litigation or agency proceeding experience is not detailed in publicly available materials.
Real Estate Law
Real estate services include purchase and sale agreements, commercial real estate transactions, and title-related matters. Uselton handles real estate work alongside business formation and contracts.
Estate Planning and Probate
The firm prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance directives for individuals and families. Estate administration, probate proceedings, conservatorships, and elder law planning are also handled. Amy Farrar holds memberships in Elder Counsel and NAELA (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys), indicating the estate and elder law component of the practice is substantive rather than supplemental.
Attorney Profiles
Amy Jenkins Farrar, Founding Partner
Farrar received a B.A. in Political Science cum laude from Wake Forest University in 2000 and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Mississippi College of Law in 2005. She clerked for Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia A. Clark before spending six years at a Nashville law firm, then co-founded Farrar Moore in 2012.
She is admitted to the Tennessee State Bar, the Middle District and Western District of Tennessee, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her professional affiliations include Elder Counsel, NAELA, Andrew Jackson Inn of Court, and the Middle Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women, where she serves as Treasurer. She is a Middle Tennessee Delegate for the Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women.
In the community, Farrar serves as a Ruling Elder at First Presbyterian Church of Murfreesboro, sits on the Board of Directors and Executive Board of Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, serves as Third Vice President of the Charity Circle of Murfreesboro, and is a Trustee of First Presbyterian Church. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Middle Tennessee State University.
Her Avvo Clients’ Choice Award was received in 2020. She has been selected as a Mid-South SuperLawyers Rising Star for six consecutive years consecutively.
Amanda Moore, Founding Partner
Moore received a B.A. in Government summa cum laude from Western Kentucky University in 1997 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2000. She clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, one of the most senior federal appellate positions in the country for a law clerk. She subsequently taught law at Vanderbilt Law School, Middle Tennessee State University, and Morehead State University, and has nonprofit legal sector experience.
She is admitted to the Tennessee State Bar, the Kentucky State Bar, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Eastern District of Tennessee, and the Eastern District of Kentucky. She currently serves as an Elected Board of Education member for Murfreesboro City Schools and as President of South Church Place Association. Her practice focuses on business formation, nonprofit formation, business contracts, and estate planning.
Drake Uselton, Attorney
Uselton received a B.S. in Criminal Justice Administration from Middle Tennessee State University in 2018 and his J.D. from Belmont University College of Law in 2021. He is admitted to the Tennessee State Bar and is a lifelong Rutherford County resident. He serves on the board of the Beesley Animal Foundation. His practice covers business law, business formation, contracts, and real estate.
Sharon Dieringer, Attorney
Dieringer received a B.A. in Psychology with an English Literature minor from Tennessee Tech in 1997 and a J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2002, earning academic honors in Constitutional Law and Evidence. She previously interned at the District Attorney General’s Office for the 13th Judicial District of Tennessee and clerked for Judge J. Mark Rogers of the Circuit Court of Rutherford and Cannon Counties. She is admitted to the Tennessee State Bar and serves as a vestry member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Her practice covers business law, business formation, nonprofit formation, tax-exempt designation, cemetery trust formation, and employment law.
Kerry Lea, Senior Paralegal (J.D.)
Lea holds a B.A. in Sociology cum laude from Yale University (2004) and a J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School (2008). She is admitted to the Indiana State Bar, currently inactive and in good standing. She previously practiced FDA law at a national firm in Indiana and has nonprofit sector experience in Tennessee. She serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for foster children in Rutherford County. Her role at the firm is as senior paralegal despite her law degree and prior practice experience.
Location and Service Area
Office address: 718 South Church Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Phone: 615-869-7450
Email: [email protected]
Website: farrarmoore.com/
The firm serves clients in Murfreesboro and Middle Tennessee. For appellate matters, Farrar’s admissions to the Middle District and Western District of Tennessee and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Moore’s admissions to Tennessee, Kentucky, and the Sixth Circuit, extend the geographic reach of the practice beyond the local area. An online bill payment portal is available for existing clients.
Office hours: Not specified in publicly available sources.
Client Contact
Prospective clients can reach the firm by phone at 615-869-7450, by email at [email protected], or through the contact form on the website at farrarmoore.com/ Initial consultations are available. Fee structure is not publicly listed.
Frequently Asked Questions
When would someone hire Farrar Moore for appellate representation rather than staying with their trial attorney?
Not all trial attorneys practice at the appellate level. Appellate work involves a different skill set: written advocacy, record analysis, and oral argument before a panel of judges rather than a single judge and jury. When a trial outcome is being appealed in Tennessee state court or in the Sixth Circuit, some clients choose to retain separate appellate counsel with focused experience. Farrar is counsel of record in dozens of appeals and has chaired appellate practice committees at both the Nashville Bar Association and the Tennessee Bar Association.
Does the firm represent clients at both the trial and appellate levels, or only on appeal?
The firm’s listed practice areas include trial-level work in business law, employment law, real estate, and estate planning and probate. The appellate practice is a distinct service offered alongside those areas, not in place of them. A client could retain the firm for trial-level business formation work and later for an appeal involving a business dispute, or could come to the firm specifically for appellate representation in a matter handled at trial by different counsel.
Amanda Moore has an affiliation with Murfreesboro City Schools as an Elected Board of Education member. Does that create any conflict issues for clients?
Public board service is a common form of civic involvement for attorneys in communities where they practice. Potential conflicts would depend on the specific matter and are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Clients with concerns about conflicts in a particular matter should raise them directly with the firm.
Kerry Lea holds a J.D. from Vanderbilt and practiced law in Indiana but is listed as a paralegal. How should clients interpret that?
Lea is not admitted to the Tennessee State Bar, which limits how she may assist on Tennessee legal matters. Her role is senior paralegal rather than attorney. Her J.D., prior practice experience in FDA law, and her Yale undergraduate background represent a level of analytical capability that is relevant to the support she provides, even if she is not functioning in a licensed attorney capacity in Tennessee.
What types of nonprofit work does the firm handle?
Both Amanda Moore and Sharon Dieringer work on nonprofit formation. The firm handles formation of nonprofit entities, obtaining tax-exempt designation from the IRS, and related structuring work. Dieringer also lists cemetery trust formation, a specialized form of nonprofit trust structure, as part of her practice. Specific experience with particular types of nonprofits, such as religious organizations, charitable foundations, or advocacy groups, is not elaborated in publicly available sources.