Patrick's practice covers several disciplines. As a member of the firm's Business & Tax Group and chair of the Transactional Section, he represents various corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships on a broad range of issues, from incorporation and organization, to acquisition, to dissolution and wind-down.

Patrick also represents various international banks, national banks, state-chartered commercial banks, trust companies, leasing companies, mezzanine lenders, and other creditors in various international and multi-state transactions involving senior secured credit facilities, subordinated debt offerings, equity offerings, working capital lines of credit and letters of credit (both documentary and standby), asset-based lending, tax-motivated single-investor and leveraged lease transactions, secured loans, municipal finance and other similar commercial transactions.

Patrick serves as counsel to underwriters, trustees and borrowers on a number of tax-exempt and taxable bond issues in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Finally, Patrick represents clients in numerous debt restructurings, informal out of court workouts, and Chapter 11 business reorganizations both before the Bankruptcy Courts in Maryland and elsewhere.

Court of Appeals of Maryland

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

United States District Court for the District of Maryland

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1978

Journal of Law and Policy in International Business, Administrative Survey Editor

The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, M.A., 1975

The Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1974

American Bar Association

Baltimore City Bar Association

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association

Air, Rail and Marine Subcommittee

Maritime Law Association of the United States

Secretary, Marine Finance Committee

Ober|Kaler's Board of Directors

Vice President, Secretary and Member

Turnaround Management Association

Listed as one of the top 40 attorneys in Maryland, Maryland's Legal Elite, SmartCEO Magazine, 2005

Lecturer, Equipment Leasing Association, Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL)

Co-author, "Changes in Lending Laws Restrict Use of Exemptions," The Daily Record