Michael R. Patrick
Michael Patrick is Counsel with the firm. His practice focuses on the needs of businesses in the global economy through his extensive expertise in transactions, counseling and litigation. Client interaction includes large multi-national corporations, domestic corporations and small businesses.
Mr. Patrick works side-by-side with the firm's marquee products liability group to provide clients with preventative counseling regarding product issues and product liability litigation, including risk avoidance, mitigation and management issues. Mr. Patrick also practices in the areas of intellectual property, entertainment, and trade regulation with respect to litigation and transactional issues.
Mr. Patrick also represents businesses and individuals in all aspects of commercial and criiminal litigation, including corporate governance, internal investigations, anti-bribery, anti-corruption and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance. Mr. Patrick has briefed and argued several sentencing appeals before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as briefed various aspects of civil appeals before other U.S. circuit courts of appeal.
Mr. Patrick is a graduate of the University of Virginia and The George Washington University Law School. His articles have appeared in The Licensing Journal, IP Litigator, Eastern Water Law, Hartford Business Journal, Climate Change Law & Policy Reporter, and Environmental Liabilities, Enforcement and Penalties Reporter. Mr. Patrick is currently working on the first edition of A Legal and Business Guide for Start-Up and Growing Companies to be published in 2010. In addition, he serves in various capacities with Patrick LLC and Michael Media LLC and is an emeritus member of the Board of Directors for Theater of the First Amendment in metro Washington, D.C. Mr. Patrick was formerly associated with a large Manhattan-based firm and is a member of the New York and Connecticut bars.
Mr. Patrick is a graduate of the University of Virginia and The George Washington University Law School. His articles have appeared in The Licensing Journal, IP Litigator, Eastern Water Law, Hartford Business Journal, Climate Change Law & Policy Reporter, and Environmental Liabilities, Enforcement and Penalties Reporter. Mr. Patrick is currently working on the first edition of A Legal and Business Guide for Start-Up and Growing Companies to be published in 2010. In addition, he serves in various capacities with Patrick LLC and Michael Media LLC and is an emeritus member of the Board of Directors for Theater of the First Amendment in metro Washington, D.C. Mr. Patrick was formerly associated with a large Manhattan-based firm and is a member of the New York and Connecticut bars.
Mr. Patrick also maintains ties with the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression in Charlottesville, Virginia. He recently assisted the center in filing an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Fox Television Stations, Inc., et al. v. Federal Communication Commission, et al., which is on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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