Patrick Dempsey has extensive experience in matters concerning complex commercial disputes, real estate law, landlord-tenant law, alternative dispute resolution, construction litigation, insurance controversies, intellectual property law, executive compensation disputes, franchise law, and securities litigation in the Florida Circuit Courts, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and in arbitration and mediation proceedings throughout the United States. Born in Miami and raised in Palm Beach, Florida, Patrick Dempsey attended Stanford University. During his time at Stanford, he served as the systems administrator and Chief Technology Officer for an internet social networking startup company in San Francisco, California.After Stanford, he attended the University of Virginia School of Law where he served as Senior Production Editor of the Virginia Law and Business Review, as President of the Virginia Trial Advocacy Team, and received the Lewis F. Powell Medal for Excellence in Advocacy. Patrick served as an attorney at Greenberg Traurig from 2006-2010. In 2010, Patrick joined Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., a boutique litigation firm headquartered in downtown Miami. In 2013, Patrick founded The PGD Law Firm. Patrick has utilized his programming background and database management knowledge to provide cutting-edge legal services to clients of any size. As a result, many of the technological services and resources needed to manage a complex transaction or dispute are provided in-house; which reduces the need to employ costly outside technological service providers in most instances.In December 2015, Patrick Dempsey, Andre Dreyfuss, and Leon Hirzel formed the law firm of Hirzel Dreyfuss & Dempsey, PLLC. Hirzel Dreyfuss & Dempsey focuses on franchise law, commercial litigation, real estate law, and bankruptcy disputes.