Patterson Belknap represents clients in their most meaningful legal disputes, including those bet-the-company cases with significant financial stakes and important principles of law. Fortune 500 companies, major financial services institutions, and other clients trust us not only for our mastery of particular subject matters, but also for our trial-ready mind set and formidable track record in high-stakes disputes.

Our attorneys’ extensive trial, appellate, and investigative experience gives them valuable insight into all aspects of litigation and the perspectives of others in the judicial system. A substantial majority of our litigators have served as judicial clerks. Several of our lawyers have served as federal prosecutors and government enforcement lawyers. Others have held senior government roles, including Attorney General of New Jersey and Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Enforcement in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Collectively, our lawyers have tried hundreds of cases and argued hundreds of appeals. The talents they demonstrate in those matters—most importantly, effectively conveying complex information to judges and juries—apply to virtually all disputes. We exercise our craft across the full spectrum of high-stakes litigation and investigations. From our single office in New York, we litigate in courts throughout the country.