Patrick has a robust and varied disputes practice. He focuses his work primarily in the areas of appellate and judicial review, Indigenous law and investor/state arbitration. He is recognized as one of the country’s leading Indigenous law lawyers.
Patrick is an appointed Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a status reserved for less than one per cent of all practicing lawyers of any state or province, and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1998.
Before being called to the bar, Patrick clerked with the British Columbia Court of Appeal. He is a frequent lecturer on appellate advocacy and developments in Indigenous law.
Patrick provides legal services through a Law Corporation.