Patrick Callahan focuses his practice on complex civil litigation, including mass torts, commercial disputes, and class action litigation. He represents clients across many types of industries in high-stakes cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States.
Pat maintains an active civil litigation practice defending clients in a wide range of civil lawsuits, including toxic tort litigation related to alleged emissions of ethylene oxide and chemical exposure, purported class actions, and breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims. He has also served as counsel in litigation brought pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA).
Pat has experience in all stages of litigation. He has drafted dispositive motions, coordinated and managed offensive and defensive discovery, litigated discovery disputes, and assisted in the preparation and defense of fact and expert witnesses. In addition to all aspects of litigation from inception through appeal, Pat's experience includes managing complex mass tort dockets and organizing and administering settlements, including mass tort settlements.
He also has represented clients in bankruptcy litigation and advised corporate clients in business restructuring and reorganization matters, including chapter 11 proceedings.
Pat maintains an active pro bono practice, regularly representing litigants in housing and civil disputes referred from The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.
Prior to attending law school, Pat worked in Massachusetts as a supply chain supervisor and manager at Partners Healthcare (n.k.a. Mass General Brigham) and Beth Israel Lahey Health.
執業經驗
- State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D. magna cum laude 2022; Order of the Coif; Order of Barristers; Editor-in-Chief, Buffalo Law Review); Loyola University Maryland (B.A. cum laude 2012)
- Ohio and U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Ohio and Eastern District of Texas
- Extern, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York (Spring 2021)
- Intern to Judge John L. Sinatra Jr., U.S. District Court, Western District of New York (Summer-Fall 2020)