Janice A. Farringer (b. 1949) of Mempis, Tennessee, served as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) in the United States Army from 1977-1980. Janice A. Farringer was born 26 April 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1967, Farringer graduated from Harpeth Hall School in Nashville. She then attended Vanderbilt University, earning a political science degree, with a philosophy minor, in 1971. She held numerous jobs after graduation, including with the Better Business Bureau, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Tennessee State Library and Archives. In 1974, Farringer entered the University of Memphis School of Law, where an acquaintance inspired her to join the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. In September 1977, she reported for basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia, and was then sent to JAG School at the University of Virginia, where she learned how the military manages their trials. After completing her JAG training, Farringer received orders to Stuttgart, Germany, in December 1977. While there she work in the Legal Assistance Office preparing wills, before becoming Chief of Administrative Law for VII Corps. As part of her job, Farringer was tasked with organizing a women's symposium to research the issues military women were having in VII Corps, such as harassment or being a single parent, for which she was awarded an Army Commendation Medal. While in Germany, Farringer decided to resign her commission in September 1980 with a "European Out", enabling her to remain in Germany and travel. Once she returned to Nashville, Farringer found it difficult to obtain employment as a lawyer so she set up her own practice, before being hired by a firm in Chattanooga. Farringer eventually settled in North Carolina.
