About Tom Patterson

Thomas E. Patterson wrote the book on Handling the Business Emergency:  Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions, just published by the American Bar Association.   Illinois' Super Lawyers magazine named him a Super Lawyer in business litigation.  Martindale Hubbell awarded him an A-V rating and memebership in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.  He has also lectured on e-commerce, expert witnesses, and the attorney-client privilege.  For more information, see his firm's web site (www.pattersonlawfirm.com) or email him at tpatterson@pattersonlawfirm.com

Practice Areas

  • Emergency Litigation
  • Banking
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Construction
  • Corporate, Partnership, and LLC issues
  • Defamation or Product Disparagement
  • Employment
  • Insurance and Contractual Indemnity
  • Intellectual Property and Technology
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Negligence
  • Real Estate
  • Sales of Goods
  • Unfair Competition

Admissions

  • Illinois
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • DuPage County Bar Association
  • Illinois State Bar Association