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Patrick Lewis focuses his practice on litigation, with an emphasis on complex commercial litigation, class action defense and banking litigation. He has represented clients before state and federal courts in a variety of litigated matters, including business litigation, real estate litigation, the defense of products liability claims (in the medical devices, pharmaceutical and automotive industries) and insurance coverage and bad faith matters. Mr. Lewis also represents clients on a variety of appellate matters before both state and federal appellate courts.

In the area of bankruptcy and creditors rights, Mr. Lewis represents financial institutions and other secured creditors in bankruptcy and other insolvency proceedings, including complex commercial foreclosures, receiverships, and related actions. He also represents creditors and debtors in bankruptcy litigation.

Mr. Lewis has written and spoken on the regulatory and products liability-related challenges of nanotechnology. He is a co-author of two nanotechnology articles, “Preparing for Future Health Litigation: The Application of Products Liability Law to Nanotechnology,” Nanotechnology Law & Business, Vol. 3 No. 1 (Feb. 2006) and “The Perils of Preemptive Regulation,” Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 2. No. 2 (Feb. 2007). In October 2007, he presented on occupational safety and health regulatory concerns involving nanotechnology at a national conference.

Mr. Lewis serves as the vice president of the Cleveland chapter of the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies. While at Harvard, Mr. Lewis served as Managing Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, and served on the executive board of the Harvard Federalist Society. In addition, he is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.