Patrick is a diverse, Chambers-ranked Band 1 litigator and globally recognized practice leader in complex litigation and government investigations. He is ranked by Who’s Who Legal as a global “Thought Leader” and is at the top of the very short list of practitioners who clients seek to lead coordinated efforts in high-stakes MDL, class action, mass-tort, product liability, economic loss litigation. Patrick co-chairs the firm’s Complex Litigation and Strategic Counseling Practice, ranked a Tier 1 practice by Legal 500.Patrick represents and advises seven of the world’s largest life sciences companies, three of the largest financial services organizations, one of the world’s top-three retailers and one of the world’s largest airlines on litigation and investigative matters. Patrick is on the defense leadership team in MDL 3084 for Uber and joint defense leadership team in the Hair Relaxer MDL. He is co-lead coordinating counsel for Unilever in benzene Litigation nationally. Patrick serves on the Defense Steering Committee in the In Re: Zantac (ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation MDL for GlaxoSmithKline. He is also a member of the national leadership team representing Gilead in the TDF Products Liability Litigation and serves as national coordinating counsel in the nationwide opioid litigation for IQVIA. He has also served as national coordinating discovery counsel in complex litigation, including for Sanofi and Bayer. Patrick has successfully litigated, argued and shut down a class action involving the Stored Communications Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, California Invasion of Privacy Act.Patrick has led investigative responses to demands by Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) grand jury subpoenas and state attorneys general demands. Patrick has both successfully defended against spoliation claims and has efficaciously obtained adverse inferences to benefit his clients.Patrick’s courtroom credibility is built upon his experience at the SEC and Verizon. He has testified on behalf of both organizations in federal litigation and has testified and commented to the federal Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committees on both Civil and Evidence Rules. He advocated changes to the Rules, including his position on proposed Federal Rule of Evidence 502. The committee included language incorporating his suggestions in its draft to the Judicial Conference.
Listed skills include Litigation Support, Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Writing, and 45 others.