Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Litigation/Bankruptcy

Pat is co-director of the Litigation Department. He has over 35 years of experience representing various parties in complicated contract, trust, real estate, and insolvency-related matters in State and Federal court. He is an active member of the firm's Associate Evaluation Committee and chair of its Pro Bono Committee.

Over the years Pat has focused his practice on the litigation and resolution of business disputes, including disputes involving fiduciary duties and creditors’ rights. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants, national and international creditors, debtors, creditors’ committees, and trustees in bankruptcy, as well as parties seeking to acquire or dispose of distressed assets. He helps clients solve complex and intractable business issues in all these areas.

Bar & Court Admissions

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States

• Boston Bar Association
• Board of Directors, Greater Boston Legal Services, 2013-present
• Steering Committee for the Bankruptcy Section, Boston Bar Association, 2010-2013
• Co-Chair, Boston Bar Association Bankruptcy Section Practice and Procedure Committee, 2012-2014
• Co-Chair, Boston Bar Association Bankruptcy Section Pro Bono Committee, 2010-2011, 2011-2012
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Joint Boston Bar Association/United States Bankruptcy Court Task Force on Financial Literacy, 2005-2010
• One of eight practitioners appointed in 2004 to the Bankruptcy Merit Selection Panel by First Circuit Court of Appeals to assist in selection of a new bankruptcy judge for the District of Massachusetts

• University of Chicago Law School (J.D.)
• Georgetown University (B.A., magna cum laude)