Patrick H. Reilly

Mass Torts

Patrick has represented clients in state and federal courts across the United States and in Canada, ranging from single-plaintiff cases to class actions and MDLs, and has advised companies with litigation outside North America including product liability cases and class actions.

Patrick has served all sorts of roles for clients in mass tort litigation, with an emphasis on national coordinating counsel, company case, settlement counsel, and trial counsel. His settlement counsel work, in particular, ranges from recalls and pre-litigation claims management to resolving inventories and structuring mass tort settlements.

Technology

Patrick is a leader in defending technology companies in high-stakes product liability actions. He has represented a wide array of technology companies including in social media, video streaming and entertainment, rideshare, food and grocery delivery, home stays, dating, chatbots, and gaming. He has familiarity with issues that often arise in platform liability cases, like First Amendment, Section 230, and 'not a product' defense.

Other Products

Patrick has defended Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 drug and device manufacturers in mass torts. His pharmaceutical experience includes drugs, reagents, vaccines, injections, and therapeutics for treatments such as arthritis, erectile dysfunction, and protein buildup. His device and diagnostic experience includes joint implants, IVC filters, hernia mesh, pelvic mesh, pain pumps, sleep apnea devices, and IV tubing. Patrick also represents clients in litigation related to human tissue and allografts.

Patrick has also defended companies in the automotive, marine and watercraft, transportation, and recreational vehicle industries. Clients include manufacturers of self-driving cars, electric vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles, semi-trailers, and engines generally. 

Sports Law

As leader of the firm's sports and gaming practice, Patrick litigates matters from contract disputes to class actions. His experience runs the gamut from collegiate athletics to professionals and Olympic sports. He has worked on matters for clients such as:

• The National Football League (NFL)
• The National Hockey League (NHL)
• The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
• National Basketball Association (NBA) teams
• USA Track and Field
• USA Football
• Diadora Shoe Company

Legal Design

Patrick uses his problem-solving skills to aid in the firm’s work with Design Lab, offering Design Sprints, Ideation sessions, workshops and applied design thinking to advance solutions. As a Design Lab catalyst, he applies design thinking to client projects and problems.

Personal Interests

Patrick passionately promotes diversity in the legal field through mentorship and leadership in legal organizations, including the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) and the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Diversity Job Fair Committee, among others.

While he enjoys advising sports entities, he also likes to personally get into the game. At Butler University, Patrick served as captain of the varsity men’s soccer team and earned ESPN Academic All-American Honors.