Michael Farren
 Michael Farren     (lawyer) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 21, 1952 West Hartford, Connecticut, USA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Hartford Seminary, Trinity College, Fairfield University | ||||||||||||||||||
Criminal charge | attempted murder | ||||||||||||||||||
Former Deputy White House counsel and Bilderberger convicted of attempting to murder his wife
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John Michael Farren is a former American lawyer[1][2][3] who was Deputy White House Counsel in the Office of Counsel to the President under the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush from 2007 to 2009. Farren also was Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the United States Department of Commerce and head of the International Trade Administration under the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1992.
He attended the 1999 and 2002 Bilderberg meetings.
In 2014, he was convicted to a 15-year jail sentence for the attempted murder of his then-wife.
Attempted murder
Farren married Mary Margaret Scharf, also an attorney, on May 3, 1997.[4] On June 16, 2011, after trial, Mrs. Farren's divorce from Farren was granted.[5]
Farren was arrested on January 6, 2010 and charged with the strangulation, assault in the face with a heavy metal flashlight, and attempted murder of his wife Mary Margaret Farren at their New Canaan, Connecticut home.[6][7][8][9] At the time of his attack on his wife, their two daughters were seven years old and four months old.[10]
After his arrest, Farren spent six months in jail before posting $750,000 bond and checking into a psychiatric facility in Connecticut, according to a Greenwich Time article.[11] After being released from the facility, he was fitted with a tracking device and went to live with his sister in his hometown, West Hartford, Connecticut.[12]
In April 2013, Farren was granted permission to act as his own lawyer and to put forth an insanity defense.[13]
After a five-day Connecticut civil jury trial in December 2013, Farren was ordered by the jury to pay his ex-wife $28.6 million in damages for attempting to kill her. Farren did not defend the suit.[10][14][15] The jurors deliberated for only 90 minutes before holding Farren liable.[16]
In July 2014, a jury found Farren guilty of attempted murder, first degree assault, and risk of injury to a child. The judge ordered that he never again have contact with his two daughters. He was represented by counsel in the trial and was later sentenced to 15 years in prison.[9]
Events Witnessed
| Event | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1999 | Portugal Sintra | The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants |
| Bilderberg/2002 | US Virginia Chantilly Westfields Marriott | The 50th Bilderberg, held at Chantilly, Virginia. |
References
- ↑ https://law.justia.com/cases/district-of-columbia/court-of-appeals/2015/14-bg-1222.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131215040604/http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/06107-ct-j-farren-1460427.html
- ↑ http://www.martindale.com/J-Michael-Farren/358342-lawyer.htm
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/04/style/mary-m-scharf-j-michael-farren.html?pagewanted=1
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/04/style/mary-m-scharf-j-michael-farren.html?pagewanted=1
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/nyregion/09bush.html
- ↑ http://www.greenwichtime.com/policereports/article/Former-White-House-lawyer-charged-with-attempting-312809.php
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130921045112/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2010-02-25/news/36899818_1_john-michael-farren-front-door-police-officers
- ↑ a b https://abcnews.go.com/US/deputy-white-house-counsels-wife-recalls-flashlight-attack/story?id=2857935
- ↑ a b https://abcnews.go.com/US/jury-awards-286-million-damages-wife-husbands-brutal/story?id=21254654
- ↑ http://www.greenwichtime.com/policereports/article/Former-White-House-lawyer-seeks-indigent-status-3805406.php
- ↑ http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Farren-claims-brain-disease-4594533.php
- ↑ http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Farren-will-lead-his-insanity-defense-4431654.php
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-wife-of-former-white-house-lawyer-john-michael-farren-gets-286m-for-beating/
- ↑ http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Former-White-House-attorney-held-liable-in-5073203.php
- ↑ http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former_white_house_lawyer_ordered_to_pay_28.6m_in_beating_of_wife/
