USA
Practice Areas
Product Liability
Advanced Technologies
Business and Commercial
Class Actions
Securities / Finance
Career
Patrick Seyferth is a co-founder of Bush Seyferth PLLC and a member of BSP’s executive committee. In 2022, Patrick was appointed by Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton to the Advisory Committee on Rules for the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. He also serves as an Executive Board member for the Federal Bar Association (ED of Michigan); a Sustaining Member to the Product Liability Advisory Council; and on the 6th Circuit Life Member Committee. Patrick was recognized in 2019 by Best Lawyers as Troy, Michigan’s Product Liability Lawyer of the Year and was featured in Leading Lawyers Magazine – Michigan Edition 2020.
Patrick has handled catastrophic product liability and commercial cases in 23 states. During the past 25 years, he has gained extensive trial experience, which includes first-chairing complex trials through jury verdict in AZ, MI, OH and TN. Patrick has proudly represented some of America’s best-known companies — such as GM LLC, Ford Motor Company, Pulte, VWGoA, Textile Management, Nissan, and Hyundai — as well as several individuals. He has been recognized for his accomplishments as a federal mediator, lectured nationally on trial advocacy issues and managed BSP’s $1,000,000 plus charitable foundation since 2003.
Professional Memberships
Life Member Committee – U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (Appointed Member)
Advisory Committee on Rules – U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (Appointed Member)
Life Member – U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Bar Association Eastern District of Michigan, Executive Board Member, Sustaining Member
Product Liability Advisory Council, Sustaining Member
Leading Lawyers, Advisory Board Member, 2018 – present
Oakland County Bar Foundation, Fellow
Eastern District of Michigan, Appointed Member e-Filing Rules Committee
Oakland County Bar Association, Member
American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Member
Publications
Avoiding the Blind Spots: Evidentiary Issues, Exhibits, Experts, and Trial Strategies, DRI For the Defense, Published Winter 2018
Privacy, Cybersecurity, and the Connected Car, DRI In-House Defense Quarterly, Published Spring 2015
Lawsuits Involving Component Suppliers, DRI In-House Defense Quarterly, Published Spring 2012
Trial Strategies: Humanizing the Corporate Defendant, DRI In-House Defense Quarterly, Published Winter 2010
Personal
Patrick heads the BSP Charitable Foundation which, to date, has raised nearly $1 million for various charities. He also serves on the Advisory Board for New Day Foundation for Families, a MI non-profit that provides resources to families afflicted by cancer. In 2018, Patrick received the New Day Foundation for Families Matt Kell and Cathy Spehn Legacy Award. In 2022, the New Day Foundation for Families honored Patrick for his steadfast commitment to the organization with the Jack Aronson Champion Award. This award recognizes those who demonstrate a champion’s spirit of humility, courage, strength, and perseverance in the effort to bring hope to families fighting cancer.
Patrick leads the firm’s pro bono efforts and has also gained positive results for individuals and families in need. In one pro bono case, Patrick helped 2 young girls deal with a child sexual abuse matter that made a “lasting impact” on their lives.
Although a Spartan to the core (he met his wife Sandi in East Lansing), Patrick is proud to have graduated from the University of Michigan Law School. Patrick and his wife Sandi – a CPA who does charity work and serves as the Controller for Annox Company – have 5 children and reside in Rochester, Michigan. Spending time with his family is Patrick’s favorite hobby.
