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Experienced Attorney Michael W. Patrick
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Attorney at Law
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
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
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
- 2010-2011 Products Liability Update, NCAJ Annual Convention, North Carolina Advocates for Justice Education Foundation, Inc., 2011
- Products Liability Chapter Editor, Manual of Complaints, (Second and Third Ed.), North Carolina Advocates for Justice Education Foundation, Inc., 2006, 2008
- 2009-2010 Products Liability Update, NCAJ Annual Convention, North Carolina Advocates for Justice Education Foundation, Inc., 2010
- 2007-2008 Products Liability Update, NCAJ Annual Convention, North Carolina Advocates for Justice Education Foundation, Inc., 20082006-2007 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, 2005-06
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1980 - Present
- American Bar Association, 1979 - Present
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Litigation Section Council, 2005 to present, Secretary, 2010-11.
- The North Carolina State Bar