Patrick A. Klingman

Patrick A. Klingman joined SFMS in 2004. He is admitted to practice law in the States of Connecticut and New York, as well as the District of Columbia and numerous federal courts, including the United States District Courts for District of Connecticut, the Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of New York and the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second and Ninth Circuits. In addition to these courts and jurisdictions, Patrick has worked on cases with local and co-counsel nationwide and internationally.

Patrick focuses his practice on representing the Firm's corporate and institutional clients in antitrust, complex commercial and securities litigation. Patrick also has significant experience handling consumer, employment benefits and intellectual property matters. Finally, Patrick is active in the Firm's pro bono work and has represented a number of pro bono clients, including civil rights plaintiffs, in federal litigation.

Patrick earned his undergraduate degree from Villanova University (B.A. 1987), and his law degree cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law in 1990. While at Syracuse, he also earned his master's degree in international relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (M.A. 1990). Patrick also served as the Lead Article Editor for the Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce. From 1990 through 1997, Patrick practiced at the Washington, D.C. law offices of Graham & James, LLP and a predecessor firm, where he worked on a wide variety of complex litigation matters, ranging from aviation-related mass torts to intellectual property disputes, as well as other commercial litigation matters. In 1997, Patrick moved with his family to Connecticut and joined a Hartford firm. Following this move, he continued his commercial litigation practice in actions as varied as defending a Hartford-based hospital in a contractual dispute in federal court to representing a dairy producer in a copyright action. In 2000, Patrick joined a class action law firm based in Connecticut and began to focus on representing plaintiffs in securities, consumer fraud and antitrust litigation. In 2004, Patrick joined the Firm's Connecticut office, where he continues to represent clients in a variety of transactions, disputes and other matters.

Patrick is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, and the Hartford County Bar Association. He resides in West Hartford, Connecticut with his family and is active in community affairs.

Publications

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Admissions

Connecticut
District of Columbia
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Second and Ninth Circuits
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of New York
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Education

Villanova University, Bachelor of Arts, 1987
Syracuse University College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1990