Patrick Morales-Doyle focuses his practice in commercial litigation, class actions, and appeals. He represents a diverse array of businesses and organizations in Chicago, throughout the Midwest, and nationwide.
Patrick brings effective writing skills and analytical rigor to all phases of litigation. He enjoys the intellectual challenge of crafting successful strategies in high-stakes and complex cases.
Patrick draws on his previous experience working as an assistant appellate defender at the Office of the State Appellate Defender in Chicago, representing indigent criminal defendants on appeal. Prior to that, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. R. Guy Cole, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
experience
Successful jury trials
- Part of the trial team that won a $600,000 verdict for the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council in a jury trial in Jackson County, Missouri, that alleged a company run by a former employee profited from invalid contracts for valuable soybean technologies. The jury returned a verdict in the full amount Thompson Coburn’s clients sought after just 30 minutes of deliberation.
- Helped secure a unanimous defense verdict for an industrial machinery liquidator in a jury trial in Cook County where a former property owner lodged a conversion claim over the alleged sale of his personal property at auction.
- Significant trial-court and appellate rulings
In the 2016 litigation on behalf of the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, provided significant work on a key summary judgment motion that resulted in the judge ruling unenforceable two contracts MSMC allegedly executed with a company run by a former employee related to valuable soybean technologies. - Played a key role in the research and drafting of a summary judgment motion that resulted in the dismissal of a $41 million claim against a global business appraiser. The client faced allegations of misrepresentations in its asset appraisals.
- Contributed to a significant trial-court and appellate effort that resulted in a Chicago property owner prevailing in multi-year contested litigation and protecting a real estate transaction that netted the client more than $10 million.
- Chicago Bar Association Leadership Institute, 2016