Law firm expands in region

SARASOTA — Punta Gorda-based Farr Law Firm is opening a new office at Beneva Square in Sarasota.

The office will be headed by Fletch Rush. Rush joined the firm in 2012. He is an associate attorney who practices in the area of wills, trusts and estates.

Far Law Firm also has offices in Punta Gorda and Venice. It has clients throughout Southwest Florida in banking, finance, real estate, construction, health care, manufacturing, government, retail, travel and consumer products.

The firm was founded in 1924. A statements says it started when Earl Farr ventured out with $500 and a typewriter to open a law office in Punta Gorda.