Margo Carnahan

Charlotte, NC16 years experienceAdmitted 2009

About Margo Carnahan

Margo K. Carnahan is a Partner at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin. She has more than 11 years of legal experience, primarily as an insurance defense attorney before joining the plaintiff's bar.

Carnahan earned her Bachelor of Arts in English and Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003 and her Juris Doctor from Florida State University College of Law in Tallahassee in 2009.

She is admitted to the North Carolina Bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina.

During law school, she served on the UNC-Chapel Hill Moot Court Executive Board (as an undergraduate moot court alumna) and was a Semi-Finalist in the National Moot Court Competition in Child Welfare and Adoption Law (2008).

Her honors include Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants (2024). She lives in Cary, North Carolina.

Practice areas

Education

Florida State University College of Law
B.A. English and Studio Art, 2009
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate, 2003

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina, admitted 2009
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers Ones to Watch - Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs (2024)
Best Lawyers Ones to Watch - Workers' Compensation Law, Claimants (2024)
National Moot Court Competition - Child Welfare and Adoption Law Semi-Finalist (2008)

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