Patrick graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Stetson University College of Law. While in law school, Patrick competed as a member of Stetson’s nationally recognized Trial Team program, was published by a law review, and received numerous awards for mock trial practice, professionalism, and student service. During this time, he was also a research assistant, a teaching assistant for a Trial Advocacy course, and a participant in an advanced Trial Advocacy program at the University of Oxford in England. After law school, Patrick completed Harvard Law School’s Executive Education Program on Negotiation.
Patrick has proudly devoted his legal practice to personal injury law, only representing injury victims. He has worked on hundreds of injury cases throughout negotiation, litigation, mediation, and trial phases, and through them, he has recovered millions on behalf of the wrongfully injured and deceased. As a Partner of Hale Law, Patrick strives to bring success and personal attention to his clients he considers part of the Hale Law family for life.
Patrick is a proud member of The Florida Bar, Sarasota County Bar Association, Manatee County Bar Association, Judge John M. Scheb American Inn of Court, Florida Justice Association, American Association for Justice, Manasota Trial Lawyers Board, National Academy of Motorcycle Injury Lawyers, and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum is limited to attorneys who have won million-dollar verdicts or settlements, and fewer than 1% of lawyers are members. He currently serves as a Director of the Manatee County Bar Association and is a past President of its Young Lawyers Division.
Patrick was awarded an inaugural 36 Under Thirty-Six Professionalism Award by The Florida Bar YLD. He achieved an AV Preeminent Rating for 2023 and 2025 and a Judicial Edition Rating for 2022 and 2024. This ranking is the highest peer rating by Martindale-Hubbell, and the judicial edition reflects the confidential opinions of both members of the Bar and the Judiciary. He was also featured from 2021-2025 in lists by Super Lawyers, an honor only 2.5% of Florida lawyers receive. He has been invited to speak at Stetson Law, IMG Academy, and The Florida Holocaust Museum, and he is regularly featured on ABC7 WWSB’s "Attorney Spotlight" program.
In his spare time, Patrick enjoys golfing, traveling, playing guitar, attending concerts and shows, and volunteering with Teen Court of Sarasota.
