Patrick is a founding member of Powers Taylor, LLP. In 2004, Patrick decided to leave a large, prominent law firm in Dallas to pursue his passion of representing individuals and small businesses. His current practice focuses on representing families across Texas and throughout the nation whose loved ones have been injured in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.  Patrick’s practice also includes handling a wide range of cases involving catastrophic personal injuries, as well as litigating complex business disputes and class action cases.

Patrick is a graduate of Texas Lutheran University and Texas Tech University School of Law, where he graduated from both schools with high honors. Before forming Powers Taylor, Patrick had the opportunity to litigate a wide range of disputes in federal and state courts, across numerous industries, including defending medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors and hospitals, defending personal injury lawsuits, defending officers, directors, and companies in federal and state securities class action lawsuits, and representing business owners in all types of business disputes.

Patrick is passionate about helping individuals and businesses right wrongs. Whether it is helping a family obtain compensation for injuries to a loved one, or assisting a business obtain money from a dispute that has harmed the company, Patrick is committed to providing aggressive, results-oriented representation for each and every client.

Practices:

• Nursing Home and Assisted Living facility litigation
• Personal injury and tort litigation
• Commercial and business litigation
• Insurance coverage litigation

Education:

• J.D. 1999, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Texas Tech University School of Law
• B.A. Economics 1995, cum laude, Texas Lutheran University

Honors:

• Texas Super Lawyer, a Thomson Reuters service, 2014-20222
• D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas 2017-2020, 2022
• Listed in Texas Monthly and Texas Super Lawyers Magazine a Thomson Reuters service– Rising Stars Edition as a “Texas Rising Star,” 2004, 2006, 2008 – 2011
• The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 Award 2012
• The National Trial Lawyers and Top 100 Trial Lawyers Award 2013
• Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum^®, The Top Trial Lawyers in America
• Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum^®, The Top Trial Lawyers in America^®
• National Association of Distinguished Counsel “Nation’s Top One Percent” 2015
• Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent 5 out of 5 Peer Review Rating

Admitted:

• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• S. District Court, Western District of Texas
• S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
• S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas
• S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
• State of Texas, 1999

Professional History:

• Thompson & Knight LLP 1999-2004

Representative Experience:

• Represented individuals and families in cases involving severe personal injuries and death due to abuse and neglect in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, acute care hospitals, and other medical facilities.
• Represented individuals in a wide range of personal injury disputes arising from catastrophic automobile accidents, defectively designed and manufactured products, medical procedures and services, construction activities, OSHA violations, and premises defects.
• Represented foreign corporation in multiple disputes involving insurance coverage and theft of equipment in multiple federal court districts in Texas.
• Lead counsel for natural resource client in a dispute with a joint interest owner regarding unpaid joint interest benefit payments. Representation included obtaining recovery of amount owed shortly after initiating litigation.
• Represented international industrial manufacturing and service client as lead counsel in a complex intellectual property litigation matter involving misappropriation and theft of trade secrets, trademark infringement, trademark counterfeiting, unfair competition, and injunctive relief involving numerous parties in eight states and two different countries.
• Represented residential homeowner in litigation against subdivision developer and residential builder involving claims of improper site and drainage preparation, residential water damage, and significant home flooding. Dispute also involved claims against developer and builder for fraud in a real estate transaction and violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.