Overview
- Acting as national coordinating counsel to clients defending against mass torts, including managing thousands of cases, formulating strategies to attack and pare down the plaintiffs’ allegations, developing the company case, selecting and working up bellwether trials, structuring and negotiating global settlements, and supervising local counsel.
- Trial.
- Taking and defending fact and expert witness depositions.
- Drafting dispositive motions, including Daubert, summary judgment, trial briefs and appellate briefs.
- Oral arguments and hearings.
- Mediation and negotiation (from pre-suit resolution to global settlements).
Products Liability
Patrick has represented national and international manufacturers of a variety of products in state and federal courts across the United States and in Canada. His representation ranges from single-plaintiff cases to class actions to MDLs.
Patrick has particular experience defending 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, protein buildup and other conditions. His device and diagnostic experience includes joint implants, IVC filters, hernia mesh, pelvic mesh, pain pumps and IV tubing. Patrick also represents clients in product liability litigation related to human tissue and allograft.
Patrick also defends national and international manufacturers in the automotive, marine and watercraft, transportation and recreational vehicle industries. Clients he represents in this space include a Fortune 500 manufacturer of engines, filtration and power generation products, one of North America’s largest producers of semi-trailers, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of snowmobiles, ATVs and neighborhood electric vehicles, and one of the world’s largest beverage companies.
Sports Law
Patrick litigates sports law matters from contract disputes to class actions. His experience includes collegiate athletics, Olympic sports and esports, and he has represented:
- The National Football League (NFL).
- The National Hockey League (NHL).
- The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
- USA Track and Field.
- Diadora Shoe Company.
Personal Interests
Patrick passionately promotes diversity in the legal field through mentorship and leadership in legal organizations.
Patrick enjoys advising sports entities, but 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.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Indiana
Languages
French
Education
Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
J.D. Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law (managing editor) (2009)
Butler University
B.A. in History, Philosophy and French, magna cum laude with highest honors (2006)
Experience
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July 2018 1 min readNHL Defeats Class Certification in Concussion LitigationMass Tort Litigation & Settlement Strategies Litigation Appellate Class Actions
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2017 1 min readCook Group Manages Stress Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Product ClaimsMedical Devices Health & Life Sciences Product Liability & Mass Torts Mass Tort Litigation & Settlement Strategies Product Liability Litigation
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February 2016 1 min readNational Football League Defends Class Settlement in Eighth Circuit AppealLitigation Appellate Class Actions
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July 2015 1 min readZimmer Biomet Wins Summary Judgment in Hip Implant Case
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February 2015 1 min readNFL Prevails in Publicity Rights CaseLitigation Intellectual Property Trademark, Copyright, Advertising & Media Appellate
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November 2014 2 min readZimmer Biomet Wins Trial, Squashes Retrial in Case of Allegedly Defective Medical DeviceMedical Devices Health & Life Sciences Product Liability & Mass Torts Product Liability Litigation
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- e-Sports and the Law
Moderator, Indianapolis Bar Association, April 2018 - Drug and Device Law – In-house Counsel Panel
Moderator, UCLA Law School, March 2018 - Settlement Strategy: Perspective From the Client and Tips From Outside Counsel
Co-author, In-House Defense Quarterly, Summer 2017 - Looking to 2017: What Could Be Ahead for Drugs, Devices, and Mass Torts
Co-author, Defense Research Institute, January 2017 - Effective Networking and How to Nail a 15 Minute Interview
Panelist, Indianapolis Bar Association, Diversity Job Fair, August 2016 - Careers in Sports Law
Panelist, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, February 2016 - Breaking Into the Sports Industry
Co-presenter, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, April 2015 - Five of the Top Drug & Device Developments in 2014
Co-author, Law360, January 2015 - A Conversation on Legal Issues With Athletic Directors of Major Universities
Moderator, Sports Circle Indy, Indianapolis, November 2014 - Top 5 Drug and Medical Device Developments of 2018
Co-author, Law360, January 2019
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- Indianapolis Bar Association — Sports & Entertainment Section (Past-Chair); Diversity Job Fair, Executive Committee
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- Law360 — Sports Editorial Advisory Board
- Defense Research Institute (DRI) — Drug and Medical Device Steering Committee
- Sports Lawyers Association — Indiana Outreach Captain
Civic Activities
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) — Mentor
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church — Parishioner
- American Lung Association — Fight for Air Climb Event, Firm Team Captain
Honors
- Indiana Super Lawyers — Rising Star, Personal Injury-Products: Defense, 2016-17
- Indiana Lawyer — 2018 Leadership in Law Award Recipient