Patrick D. Blake

Patrick is the Chair of the Catastrophic Loss & Tort Defense Practice Group. He is an experienced trial lawyer who represents businesses, individuals, and insurance carriers in a wide range of civil litigation matters in both state and federal courts. He regularly litigates high risk catastrophic loss cases involving death, serious bodily injury, or significant property damage in the context of products liability, premises liability, trucking and transportation, construction defects, toxic torts, and explosion and fire loss claims. He also represents clients in a variety of other civil litigation matters, such as cases involving contract disputes, wrongful termination, employment discrimination, defamation, inverse condemnation, and insurance coverage. Patrick also has an active tort defense practice in the U.S. Virgin Islands.