David Villar Patton Esq

At the law firm of David V. Patton, Attorney at Law, I focus on providing exceptional representation, marked by integrity, excellence and service, to clients in Cleveland and throughout Ohio.

The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law

J.D. | Law

1996 - 1999

Honors: Donald S. Teller Memorial Award for outstanding student writing contribution to the Ohio State Law Journal

Activities: Ohio State Law Journal, Managing Editor, 1998-99 Ohio State Law Journal, Member, 1997-98

Ohio State University - Columbus

B.S.

1992 - 1996

Honors: Ohio State University Honors Scholar

Associate, tobacco defense practice group

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

2002 - 2005

Assistant State Solicitor, Major Appeals Group

Ohio Attorney General's Office

2000 - 2001

Assistant Attorney General, Health & Human Services Section

Ohio Attorney General's Office

1999 - 2001

The Adjudication Function in OHIO ADMINISTRATIVE LAW HANDBOOK AND AGENCY DIRECTORY

Thomson Reuters

2012

"Simon Sterne" Entry in Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law

Yale University Press

2006

Kill All the Lawyers? in LAWYER TO LAWYER: NORTH CAROLINA REFLECTIONS ON THE PRACTICE OF LAW

North Carolina Bar Association Professionalism Committee

2004

Legal Considerations of Sleep Deprivation Among Resident Physicians

Journal of Health Law

2001

The Queen, the Attorney General, and the Modern Charitable Fiduciary: A Historical Perspective on Charitable Enforcement Reform

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

2000

Ohio State Bar

Member

Current

Ohio

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Gov & Administrative Law

Administrative Law, Election Law, Government Contracts, Government Finance, Legislative & Government Affairs

• General Civil