Patrick has extensive trial and appellate experience representing corporations, governmental entities and individuals in a broad range of litigation matters before state and federal courts.
He regularly represents clients in commercial, bankruptcy, constitutional, civil rights, personal injury defense, employment and fraudulent conveyance matters.
In the last three years, he has first-chaired four trials and co-chaired four others, on issues ranging from lease disputes for a national real estate client to premises liability claims against a retailer with more than 7,000 stores nationwide. He has litigated professional malpractice claims, including legal malpractice, title insurance malpractice, tax preparation malpractice, and code enforcement malpractice. He also has represented clients in numerous commercial transportation lawsuits, including personal injury and wrongful death claims.
Patrick’s notable litigation experience includes:
- Defeated claims over a proposed multimillion-dollar set of luxury condominium units, by handling all aspects of appellate briefing and oral argument in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as summary judgment in the District Court.
- Successfully represented client in federal court in a novel, complex Interest Rate Swap Agreement dispute with the debtor over eight figures worth of payments at issue in one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history.
- Successfully defended client in federal court from fraudulent conveyance and unjust enrichment claims seeking recovery of seven figures in payments received before one of the largest investment fund failures in Wisconsin history.