Patrick is a partner in Spencer Fane's St. Louis office. He is a member of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Labor and Employment practice groups. He has litigation experience in a broad array of cases at both the trial and appellate court levels in state and federal court. Patrick has represented management in a variety of employment related disputes and has substantial experience litigating restrictive employment covenants, including non-compete agreements. In 2006, Patrick was lead trial counsel in a commercial case in which Spencer Fane obtained a judgment in excess of $2,000,000.00 for its client in federal court. Patrick also recently obtained a defense verdict for a client who manufactures playground equipment in a two-day jury trial in which the plaintiff alleged breach of contract and fraud in the sale of certain playground equipment to a daycare facility.

Patrick is admitted to practice law in the federal and state courts of Missouri and Illinois, as well as the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Patrick graduated magna cum laude from St. Louis University School of Law, where he was a member of the Public Law Review and earned Order of the Woolsack honors and several other awards for academic excellence. Patrick obtained his undergraduate degree in business administration and finance at the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Prior to joining Spencer Fane, Patrick was an associate in the litigation department of a large regional law firm headquartered in St. Louis. Prior to law school, Patrick was a group sales representative for several major insurance companies, including MetLife.

Patrick is a member of the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis ("BAMSL"). He serves on various bar committees and is a member of the board of a non-profit organization named Save Orphaned Siblings, which is dedicated to helping families in the United States adopt siblings of children that have been adopted in Russia.

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