Pat brings a deep background in business and litigation to the role of settlement counsel. His background includes over 15 years in private practice trying cases and handling complex business and real estate matters, followed by 7 years in in-house senior management where he headed a number of legal and business departments.
Pat and Resolution Strategies have been engaged in a broad range of legal disputes, including complex commercial disputes, patent licensing, consumer class actions, construction matters, institutional abuse cases – and have represented state and local public entities in a number of
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Pat attended the University of Oregon, Honors College Program, and graduated in 1972 with a B.A. in Economics. Pat was an Associate Editor of the Law Review at the University of Oregon Law School and received his JD in 1978. Pat helped found and later served as president of the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.