R Patrick Vance

Pat Vance focuses his practice on business litigation, debtors' and creditors’ rights litigation, and business bankruptcy.

As a trial attorney, Pat has handled more than 300 commercial disputes in a wide variety of practice areas, including antitrust, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, copyright infringement, Lanham Act, securities litigation, class action defense, foreclosures, fraud, lender liability, banking litigation, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, dealer-distributor disputes, successions, director and officer of liability, legal malpractice, expropriation, contract interpretation, partnership, utility regulation, tax, and general commercial disputes. He has more than 170 reported decisions.

Pat regularly represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors in all types of business bankruptcy cases. He has been retained by scores of banks, telecommunications companies, international manufacturers, utilities, healthcare providers, maritime, oil and gas-related industries, the music industry, casinos, and insurance companies.