Patrick is a senior associate in the firm's Appellate Group. His practice encompasses a range of substantive areas including financial services, medical devices, insurance recovery and bad faith, class actions, and the False Claims Act. He is experienced in matters before the Supreme Court of the United States and has successfully briefed and argued cases in appellate and trial courts across the country. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has expressly noted Patrick’s “excellent representation” and “excellent briefing and argument” in multiple opinions.
Prior to joining Reed Smith, he taught as a Visiting Lecturer at Moi University School of Law in Kenya, and clerked for Judge D. Michael Fisher on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Patrick has developed an extensive pro bono practice with a focus on civil rights. He has represented indigent individuals and non-profit organizations in same-sex marriage cases, police excessive force controversies, international child abduction matters, asylum petitions, and death penalty cases. Notably, Patrick’s pro bono efforts led to two landmark marriage equality results: the country's first common law same-sex marriage, and a same-sex marriage dating to 1990. In addition, Patrick has helped eight transgender individuals obtain name changes in Pennsylvania and Illinois.
Patrick has spoken at conferences and symposia throughout the country and abroad, and his writings have been published in the Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality, Dublin University Law Journal, Cleveland State Law Review, Duquesne Law Review, University of Baltimore Journal of International Law, U.S. Law Week, BNA, Jurist, Corporate Counsel, For The Defense, and The Legal Intelligencer.
Patrick also serves on the Newsletter Committee of the Third Circuit Bar Association, which edits and publishes the quarterly newsletter "On Appeal."
