Pat has extensive experience in labor relations counseling and collective bargaining negotiations. He handles proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and other administrative agencies. Pat has represented employers in union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations and other traditional labor practice areas. He also has first-chair trial experience as an employment litigator in wrongful termination and employment discrimination cases.

Pat also has extensive experience counseling employers in the manufacturing, construction, health care, banking, transportation, restaurant, hotel and service industries.

Bar Admissions

• California
• Michigan

Education
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Toledo College of Law (1983)
B.S., cum laude, Ohio University (1979)

Professional Associations

• Bar Association of San Francisco, Labor and Employment Law Section
• State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section
• Bar Association of Detroit

Professional Activities and Experience
Accolades

• Top Rated Lawyers™ in Labor & Employment Law; Martindale-Hubbell® (2013)
• Best Lawyers in America (2006-2011)
• Northern California Super Lawyers, Employment & Labor (2006-2007, 2009-2013, 2015-2016)

"Janus v. AFSCME: SCOTUS Rejects Mandatory Agency Fees For Public Sector Employees," co-author, Labor & Employment Alert (June 2018)
"Ninth Circuit Rules That Cash-In-Lieu Of Benefits Payments Must Be Included In Regular Rate Of Pay," co-author, Labor & Employment Law Alert (June 2016)
"NLRB Continues To Eviscerate Workplace Civility Policies In New Handbook Decision," co-author, Labor & Employment Alert (May 2016)
"Expanded Reporting Obligations For Private Employers Under DOL's “Persuader” Final Rule," co-author, Labor & Employment Law Alert (March 2016)

"Last Chance Agreements," Labor & Employment Law Alert (September 2011)