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Patricia focuses her practice on workers’ compensation, employment & labor, casualty/tort litigation, and appellate advocacy. Before joining Heyl Royster, Patricia worked for legal assistance representing indigent clients in domestic relations cases in Illinois state court, as well as preparing estate planning documents for elderly clients. During the summer of 2014, she clerked for Judge Lisa Fabiano, and during the summer of 2015 she clerked for Judge Eugene Doherty – both of the 17th Judicial Circuit. In her third year of law school, Patricia clerked for the Shannon Law Group in Woodridge, IL, where she was responsible for cases involving consumer rights and breach of contract. Patricia received her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Northern Illinois University College of Law. She received her Bachelors of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in Psychology from Arizona State University, and she worked full-time during college. While in law school, Patricia was a three-year member of the Dean’s list. Among her law school honors and activities: she was a recipient of the NIU Outstanding Woman Student Award, a champion of the school’s Lenny Mandell Moot Court Competition and Client Counseling Competition, and a semi-finalist in the LLSA National Moot Court Competition. She was president of the Student Bar Association.Publications
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