Philadelphia Health Care Lawyer
Brian C. Farrell
Sidney L. Gold & Associates, P.C.
Partner
215-569-1999
215-569-3870
Biography:
Mr. Farrell is a trial lawyer. In 2024, he obtained a $625,000.01 jury verdict in Burgo v. Boulevard Autogroup LLC, which VerdictSearch verified as a Top 3 discrimination verdict in Pennsylvania for the year. He has taken several other cases to verdict in federal and state courts across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Mr. Farrell has also achieved significant results on appeal. In LaFiandra v. Accenture LLP, No. 23-3050 (3d Cir. 2024), the Third Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment and revived his client’s disability retaliation and age discrimination claims. He has secured dozens of summary judgment denials across a wide range of discrimination and retaliation cases.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Farrell spearheaded the first-ever constitutional challenge to the Americans with Disabilities Act on behalf of a transgender client in Blatt v. Cabela’s Retail. In Blatt, a federal court ruled for the first time that transgender people are not categorically barred from seeking relief under the ADA. That decision marked the beginning of a new path toward securing legal protections for transgender people through disability rights law.
Mr. Farrell’s work has earned him Pennsylvania Rising Star designations in Employment Litigation from 2018 to 2023. He obtained his B.A. from Wake Forest University in 2010 and his J.D., cum laude, from the Villanova University School of Law in 2014. While in law school, he was a member of the National Trial Team and received the ABA-Bloomberg BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor and Employment Law. He has dedicated his career to representing employees in claims under federal and state anti-discrimination, civil rights, and whistleblower protection laws before various federal and state courts.
Education:
- Wake Forest University, B.A. Mathematics and B.A. German with Honors, 2010;
- Villanova University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2014
Mr. Farrell graduated from Wake Forest University in 2010 with a double major in Mathematics and German. From there, Mr. Farrell attended the Villanova University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2014. While in law school, Mr. Farrell was a member of the National Trial Team and was awarded the ABA-Bloomberg BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor and Employment Law upon graduation.
Special Honors:
- Selected to “Pennsylvania’s Rising Stars” list from 2018-2023
- Selected to “New Jerseys Rising Stars” list from 2020-2023
Bar Admissions:
- Pennsylvania State Bar
- New Jersey State Bar
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Speaking Engagements and Publications:
“A Landmark Victory for Transgender Employees under the ADA” – Speaker, Employment Law Institute (2018) K. Barry, B. Farrell, N. Vanguri, J. Levi, A. Bare Desire to Harm: Transgender People and the Equal Protection Clause, 57 B.C. L. Rev. 507 (2016)
