Patrick solves workforce issues in collaboration with human resource professionals and other company leaders. As part of the firm’s Labor & Employment team, he helps his clients make day-to-day employment decisions, design and implement fair and effective employment policies, contracts and handbooks, conduct workplace investigations, and prevent disputes from becoming litigation. Patrick’s additional experience in transactional business matters allows him to offer depth and context to decision-makers beyond the employment setting. When necessary, Patrick aggressively defends employers, primarily in state and federal regulatory actions and civil litigation related to discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment, and retaliation under equal employment opportunity laws.

Peers named Patrick a “Top Lawyer” and “Millennial on the Move” in Lynchburg Business magazine and a “Rising Star” in Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite” list.