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Michael W. Patrick 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Attorney
phone 919-636-5433
888-726-4616 (Toll Free)
fax (919) 869-1348
email

Areas of Practice:
Products Liability
Malpractice
Environmental Litigation
Complex Civil Litigation
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


Address

312 West Franklin Street
P.O. Box 16848
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Phone: (919) 636-5433
Toll-free: (888) 726-4616
Fax: (919) 869-1348
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The Law Office of Michael W. Patrick, located in Chapel Hill, serves people injured by defective products, defective machinery, environmental contamination, and professional malpractice in Central North Carolina and the Triangle area, including Durham, Raleigh, Cary, Fayetteville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Wake County, Orange County, Durham County, Chatham County, and Cumberland County.