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M. Patrick McDowell

M. Patrick McDowell

Company Information

Company
Brunini Grantham Grower
Fifth Third Center
424 Church St Nashville, TN 37219-3304
Phone
(615) 651-7447
Member Bio
Patrick McDowell’s practice focuses on complex litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts, including antitrust, contract, business tort, RICO, trademark, securities, product liability, toxic exposure, and environmental litigation. He has successfully prosecuted and defended commercial disputes on behalf of entertainment, environmental, financial, food, insurance, manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, and television services providers. He has also successfully defended manufacturers, producers, and licensors against product liability, negligence, and toxic tort claims. He concentrates much of his practice on the defense of multi-state and federal multidistrict litigation, class actions, mass torts, and parens patriae actions. He has represented healthcare insurers and food producers in multidistrict antitrust class actions; telecommunications and technology services providers in multidistrict securities and ERISA class actions; employers, insurers, banks, and television service providers in federal class actions; drug and product manufacturers in multidistrict and multi-state mass tort actions; and drug manufacturers, healthcare insurers, and financial services providers in parens patriae actions.

Patrick is past president of the Mississippi Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and an FBA National Council Delegate. He is also a member of the national FBA’s Constitution, Bylaws, Rules & Resolutions Committee. He also serves on DRI’s Commercial Litigation Committee and Class Actions Specialized Litigation Group, IADC’s Class Actions & Multi-Party Litigation Committee, and the ABA’s Class Actions & Derivative Suits Committee. He has been recognized by Mid-South Super Lawyers® for Business Litigation; by Best Lawyers© for Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; and by Benchmark Litigation© as a Mississippi Local Litigation Star and a Fifth Circuit Appellate Star.

Patrick is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Georgia. Before joining the Brunini firm, Patrick served as a law clerk for the Honorable William H. Barbour, Jr., Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Firm Information
Brunini has long been recognized as a “go-to” law firm for significant litigation, whether the matter involves personal injury, product liability, mass torts, class actions, environmental and toxic exposure, medical and professional malpractice, commercial disputes, business torts, securities, antitrust, intellectual property, construction disputes, labor and employment, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, insurance coverage, surety and fidelity, and tax disputes. A number of the firm’s litigators are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers and/or members of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Brunini’s reputation has evolved from its outstanding record of successful outcomes and its vigorous and thorough representation of client interests before state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout the United States. Brunini attorneys have handled, often as lead counsel, some of the largest and most complex cases that have been brought in the state, and are also regularly engaged to handle complex litigation matters outside of Mississippi. The firm’s litigation teams are staffed by experienced trial attorneys and are supported by qualified paralegals, legal assistants, and the most advanced litigation technology and software available.

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Practice Areas
Antitrust
Appellate Advocacy
Commercial Litigation
Drug & Medical Device
General Litigation
Industry-Wide Litigation
Mass Tort
Personal Injury Litigation
Products Liability
Toxic Torts & Environmental Law
Trial Tactics
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Appellate Advocacy
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Drug and Medical Device
Litigation Skills
Product Liability

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