Patrick litigates high-stakes business and intellectual-property disputes, preparing each case for trial while pursuing practical resolutions whenever possible.
Representing both businesses and individuals, Patrick litigates in federal and state courts and arbitration fora across the country. His cases involve claims sounding in breach of contract; fraud; trade-secret misappropriation; copyright, patent, and trademark infringement; antitrust; fraudulent transfer; and qui tam.
Patrick values flexible fee arrangements and considers hourly, contingent, hybrid, and flat-fee engagements. To promote cost-effective lawyering, he invests substantially in mentoring junior lawyers and training them to take early responsibility over case management.
Before joining VKHH, Patrick practiced at another national litigation boutique and clerked for the Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Patrick graduated from Harvard Law School, where he earned the Dean’s Scholar Prize in Federal Courts, awarded for outstanding performance. There, he served on the Board of Student Advisors, teaching legal writing to and mentoring first-year students and judging the Ames Moot Court Competition. While in law school, he also taught introductory micro- and macro-economics to freshmen at Harvard College. For receiving outstanding student evaluations, he received Harvard “Q” Awards for every semester in which he taught.
Before attending law school, Patrick taught high-school mathematics in Miami, Florida, through Teach For America and then taught college-level writing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as a Fulbright Scholar.
Patrick is a Dutch-American dual citizen.
