After a brief stint as an officer in the US Army, and service as counsel to a Presidential Commission in Washington, Farrell was appointed Assistant US Attorney in Los Angeles. He prosecuted drug dealers, alien smugglers, counterfeiters and fraud artists for the US Department of Justice, never losing a case. After leaving the government, Farrell travelled throughout the world as an international hotel and aerospace executive. Married with two sons, he lives on the coast north of San Diego.

Cum laude graduate, Princeton University.
Law degree, University of California at Berkeley