Pat focuses his practice on business, real estate, banking, bankrupcy and estate administration law and is a member of the American Bar Association’s Business Law, Law Practice Management, Litigation, Real Estate and Probate and Trust sections.

$180,000,000 bank started by Pat and 9 other incorporators in 2002. The bank has offices in East Lansing, Lansing and Okemos Michigan.

The Ingham County Bar Association provides a wide variety of programs and activities for the benefit for its members, including: Our monthly newspaper, BRIEFS, provides substantive articles on many areas of the law as well as the latest information on happenings in our local legal community. Members consistently rate BRIEFS as their favorite membership benefit. Click here for more information on this outstanding publication. Ingham County Legal News During the summer of 2005, the ICBA and the Legal News entered into a 10-year cooperation agreement, under which all members of the ICBA will receive subscriptions to the 52-week per year Legal News publication as part of their regular annual membership dues in the ICBA. Additionally, ICBA members receive discounted rates for general advertising in the Legal News. The ICBA's monthly newspaper, BRIEFS (described above) is distributed as an insert in issues of the Legal News delivered to ICBA members. By adding the ICBA membership to its subscription base, the Ingham County Legal News is a publication legally permitted to publish legal notices and is now the paper of record” for the Ingham County legal community. The Ingham County Bar Association works regularly with members of bar and the judiciary in Ingham, Eaton, and Clinton counties to continually improve the administration of justice in our community. Large Bench/Bar Conferences designed to enhance communications between members of the bar and the judiciary are held every other year. Our most recent conference was held February 2, 2008. Please mark your calendar for the morning of Saturday, February 6, 2010, for our next conference.

The Ingham County Board of Commissioners is the governing body for the County of Ingham, exercising legislative and administrative functions. There are sixteen members on the Board, each elected on a partisan basis for two year terms from districts that are approximately equal in population. The City of Lansing, which is the Capitol of the State of Michigan, is located within Ingham County. Board Leadership is elected each year by the Board which consists of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson Pro Tem. The primary functions of the Board of Commissioners include determination of type and level of County services, adoption of County budget, equalization of property values, legislative oversight services provided by Ingham County, appointment of various advisory boards and commissions, and county officials.