Garrick F.

Garrick Farria has over 10 years experience in the American Labor Movement, working with two of the largest service based unions in the United States, Workers United (formerly UNITE/UNITE HERE) and the Service Employees International Union. Most of Garrick’s practical union experience came from working on campaigns and directing programs in Ohio, Louisiana, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Arkansas, and Florida. Garrick graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in African-American and African Studies in 1996. He then received his M.A. in African-American and African Studies from The Ohio State University in 1998, and his Master’s thesis was a “Historiography of Pan-Africanism and Its Relationship to the Emigrationist Movement from 1827-1908. And, after spending the first 2 years of law school attending part-time at night while working for the Union full-time, Garrick received his J.D. from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2010. Garrick was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2011 and is also admitted to practice law before the federal court in the Northern District of Texas. He is a past executive board member of the Greater Cincinnati AFL-CIO. As a proud native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Garrick and his family are Hurricane Katrina evacuees who relocated to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and currently live in Keller, Texas. Garrick is currently serving the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex as an attorney working with clients with employment and labor law issues, as well as family law, criminal defense, bankruptcy, and civil litigation matters. EDUCATION Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, J.D. 2010 The Ohio State University, M.A. 1998 Temple University, B.A. 1996 BAR ADMISSION Texas Bar Northern District of Texas