Practice Areas
Patrick represents clients in complex business reorganizations, troubled company mergers and acquisitions, debt restructurings and financing matters. He has counseled companies experiencing financial difficulties, purchasers of and investors in distressed companies, and lenders to and creditors of such companies. Representative debtor clients include Yellow Trucking, Celsius Network LLC, Chesapeake, Inc., Avaya, Inc., Carestream Health, Hawker Beechcraft, Nautical Solutions LLC, Riverbed Technology, Groupe Dynamite, Akorn, Inc., Bluestem Brands, Inc., Exco Resources, Inc., Shopko, Global A&T Electronics, Inc., Horsehead Holding Corp. and GSE Environmental. Representative creditor clients include Oaktree and various ad hoc creditor groups including the plan sponsoring unsecured bondholders in the Talen Energy Services Chapter 11 case.
Personal
University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1996; University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1993.