Pat is an astute, zealous, caring, seasoned and client-centered attorney with over 16 years of civil and criminal practice experience, including in court and out-of-court representation. She has represented dozens of jury trials, and hundreds of bench (judge) trials. Her goal is to always obtain the best possible outcome for her client given the facts, evidence, circumstances, and law in each individual case.Her specialties include: Criminal Defense; Employment Law; Employment Termination and Severance Negotiations; Employment Discrimination and Harassment; Civil Rights; Constitutional Law; Small Business Law; and Contract Law.Pat has represented Criminal Defendants for Federal crimes, and State and Local crimes. Cases have included Homicide; Attempted Murder; Sex Offenses; Armed Robbery; Assault with a Deadly Weapon; Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances; Burglary; Theft; Drug Possession; Wire Fraud; Credit Card Fraud; Embezzlement; and many more. She is licensed to practice in trial courts and courts of appeal in the District of Columbia, Maryland and New Hampshire. At the Federal level, she is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts of D.C., Maryland, New Hampshire and the Northern District of Florida, as well as the First Circuit, Fourth Circuit , D.C. Circuit, and Federal Circuit, the Court of Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court.