Michael Patrick, Member of Michael Patrick

Areas of Practice:

Litigation Percentage:

80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

North Carolina, 1977

U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1979

U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1980

U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Education:

University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1977
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude

Duke University, Durham, NC, 1977
M.A.
Major:  Public Policy Sciences

Duke University, Durham, NC, 1972
A.B.
Honors: Cum Laude

Published Works:

2006-2007 Products Liability Update, NCATL Annual Convention, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Education Foundation, Inc., 2007

2005-2006 Products Liability Update, NCATL Annual Convention, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Education Foundation, Inc., 2006

Recognizing and Evaluating Product Liability Claims In Auto Cases in North Carolina: 2006, Auto Torts, Seminar, NCATL Annual Convention, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Education Foundation, Inc., 2006

2004-2005 Products Liability Update, NCATL Annual Convention, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Education Foundation, Inc., 2005

2002-2003 Products Liability Update, NCATL Annual Convention, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Education Foundation, Inc., 2003

An Overview of the Products Liability Statutes: Understanding the Law and Putting It Into Practice, Products Liability, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Education Foundation, Inc., 2003

Picking Winners and Losers: Eleven Rules to Follow in Selecting Cases, Nuts and Bolts of Product Liability Litigation, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2002

The Products Liability Statute of Repose: Questioning the Constitutional Foundations, Trial Briefs, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, May, 2002

Recognizing and Avoiding Common Product Liability Defenses, Products Liability: Proving Companies Harm, Proving Companies Conspire, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2001

Defenses in Products Liability Actions: The State of the Art, Trial Briefs, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2000

The Product Liability Statute of Repose: Understanding and Avoiding Its Reach, Products Liability: Understanding and Winning under the New Legislation, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1996

North Carolina Statutes of Repose: Their Scope and Limitations, Damages and Remedies: New Theories, New Successes, New Defenses, North Carolina Bar Foundation, 1987

Toward a Codification of the Law of Evidence in North Carolina, 16 Wake Forest L. Rev. 669, 1980

Note, Golden v. Biscayne Bay Yacht Club: Preventing Discrimination by Private Clubs, 54 N.C.L. Rev. 685, 1976

Professional Associations and Memberships:

North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1980 - Present

Chair, Products Liability Section 2000-2003

Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1980 - Present

American Bar Association, 1979 - Present

North Carolina Bar Association

The North Carolina State Bar