Patrick is a graduate of Yale College (B.A. 1982) and Yale Law School (J.D. 1985). From 1985 to 1986, Patrick clerked for Chief Judge Sam C. Pointer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He then worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York, McCutchen Doyle in San Francisco and was a litigation partner for many years at Maynard Cooper & Gale in Birmingham.
While at Maynard Cooper, Patrick obtained the largest jury verdict in the State of Alabama for a trade secrets case and the third largest jury verdict ever in Jefferson County. He also successfully defended Bear Stearns in the only WorldCom securities action to go to trial. Patrick’s clients included, among others, Merrill Lynch, Citibank, Bank of America, Solomon Brothers and Harley Davidson. His cases have been covered by the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN and the Birmingham News.
Since joining the firm in 2010, Patrick has developed an extensive plaintiffs’ class action practice in the areas of securities fraud, consumer fraud and antitrust. He is currently co-lead plaintiffs’ counsel in a multi-state consumer fraud class action brought against Sturm Foods, Inc. and Treehouse Foods., Inc. He is also co-lead class counsel in a class arbitration filed against Spirit Airlines relating to its $9 Fare Club. In addition, Patrick was co-lead counsel in a securities fraud class action brought against Regions Financial which settled for $90 million, and co-counsel in a securities fraud class action filed against Walter Energy which settled favorably for the class.
Patrick has been recognized as Best of the Bar and as a Super Lawyer.
Patrick’s pro bono work includes successfully suing the rapper Tupac Shakur for the wrongful death of a child and successfully litigating a race discrimination suit brought on behalf of African-American and Hispanic employees against the City and County of San Francisco. Patrick also represented a class of black customers in a discrimination suit against Dillard’s.
Patrick is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Commonwealth National Bank (“CNB”) and its largest shareholder. CNB is one of only 16 remaining African-American-owned banks in the country, and one of only three possessing a national charter. Patrick also founded a non-profit called Birmingham Vision which, among other things, taught chess to children living in housing projects in Birmingham.
Presently, Patrick is an assistant boys varsity basketball coach at Santa Fe Prep High School where his son plays. He has also coached over 100 girls in the Alabama Roadrunners basketball program who have gone on to play college and professional basketball.
While at Maynard Cooper, Patrick obtained the largest jury verdict in the State of Alabama for a trade secrets case and the third largest jury verdict ever in Jefferson County. He also successfully defended Bear Stearns in the only WorldCom securities action to go to trial. Patrick’s clients included, among others, Merrill Lynch, Citibank, Bank of America, Solomon Brothers and Harley Davidson. His cases have been covered by the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN and the Birmingham News.
Since joining the firm in 2010, Patrick has developed an extensive plaintiffs’ class action practice in the areas of securities fraud, consumer fraud and antitrust. He is currently co-lead plaintiffs’ counsel in a multi-state consumer fraud class action brought against Sturm Foods, Inc. and Treehouse Foods., Inc. He is also co-lead class counsel in a class arbitration filed against Spirit Airlines relating to its $9 Fare Club. In addition, Patrick was co-lead counsel in a securities fraud class action brought against Regions Financial which settled for $90 million, and co-counsel in a securities fraud class action filed against Walter Energy which settled favorably for the class.
Patrick has been recognized as Best of the Bar and as a Super Lawyer.
Patrick’s pro bono work includes successfully suing the rapper Tupac Shakur for the wrongful death of a child and successfully litigating a race discrimination suit brought on behalf of African-American and Hispanic employees against the City and County of San Francisco. Patrick also represented a class of black customers in a discrimination suit against Dillard’s.
Patrick is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Commonwealth National Bank (“CNB”) and its largest shareholder. CNB is one of only 16 remaining African-American-owned banks in the country, and one of only three possessing a national charter. Patrick also founded a non-profit called Birmingham Vision which, among other things, taught chess to children living in housing projects in Birmingham.
Presently, Patrick is an assistant boys varsity basketball coach at Santa Fe Prep High School where his son plays. He has also coached over 100 girls in the Alabama Roadrunners basketball program who have gone on to play college and professional basketball.