Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint, P.C.

Tonna Farrar practices in the Class Action, Securities Fraud, and Consumer Fraud practice groups of the firm, representing plaintiffs in complex commercial and consumer matters. Ms. Farrar also practices in the area of Equine Law, which encompasses litigation, veterinary malpractice, administrative law and contract negotiation matters affecting horse owners, exhibitors, breeders and veterinarians. She is admitted to practice in the California Supreme Court, United States District Court for the Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern District Courts of California, the Kansas Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, the Missouri Supreme Court, and the Eastern and Western United States District Courts of Missouri.

Ms. Farrar is an experienced litigation attorney with a broad range of practice areas involving complex civil and commercial litigation matters, and through local counsel arrangements, has represented individuals throughout the United States in numerous consumer and equine litigation matters. Her experience also includes representing individuals before sanctioning bodies of the equine industry, including the American Quarter Horse Association, the American Paint Horse Association and the Kansas Racing Commission.

Ms. Farrar received her J.D. from the University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Law in 1997, where she received recognition on the Dean's List Honor Roll. Ms. Farrar was the Research Editor of The Urban Lawyer, a highly-circulated American Bar Association publication on state and local government law. She co-authored "The Return to State Autonomy: The Eleventh Amendment and Other Key Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and Lower Courts Affecting State and Local Government," 28 Urb.Law. 563, 1995-1996. Ms. Farrar was also a Moot Court Team Scholarship Award Recipient and member of the U.M.K.C. National Moot Court Team. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Ms. Farrar has lectured at numerous equine and continuing legal education programs, including Equitana USA and the 2004 National Equine Law Conference held in Lexington, Kentucky. She is an accomplished competitor in American Quarter Horse Association horse shows, having received numerous Top Ten awards at the World Championships and was ranked Second in the Nation (Reserve Honor Roll Champion) with her show horse in 2004. She resides in San Diego, California.