Since graduating from the University of Notre Dame law school in 1990, Anthony Patti has been a trial lawyer in the areas of commercial, tort and personal injury litigation, as well as appellate work. About 10% of his practice is devoted to non-litigation work in the area of trademark registration. He has litigated cases throughout the State of Michigan, and in nine other states, as well as the District of Columbia. He has tried numerous cases to verdict on diverse matters, and recently obtained an $11,900,000.00 verdict for a client in a legal malpractice case, along with his partner Angela Jackson. Mr. Patti teaches both law and political science as an adjunct professor at Ave Maria School of Law and at Eastern Michigan University. He is admitted to all courts in the State of Michigan, as well as the Federal District Courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the District Court for the District of Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court.

Education: B.A., cum laude, University of Michigan (1987); J.D., University of Notre Dame (1990) (Notre Dame National Moot Court Team)

Specialties: Commercial litigation; trade secrets and unfair competition; trademarks and copyright; employment and employment litigation (defense); securities litigation (defense); tort litigation; professional malpractice; and appellate work

Representative Publications: Co-Author: Chapter on "Appellate Standards of Review", Michigan Appellate Handbook, (Second Edition) (submitted 2005).

Author: Chapter on "Intentional Torts", Torts: Michigan Law and Practice, (Second Edition)

Author and Co-Author: Chapters on "Defamation", "Invasion of Privacy", " Conversion", "Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress" and "Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress", Michigan Causes of Action Formbook
Co-Author: "Premises Liability Arising Out of Criminal Assaults", Trial Lawyers Guide. 35:1; 1-75.

Professional Memberships: State Bar of Michigan (Litigation, Labor and Employment, and International Sections); Federal Bar Association (Civil Practice and Labor-Employment Sections); Washtenaw County Bar Association (Trial Practice and Labor-Employment Sections); Italian-American Bar Association of Michigan; Catholic Lawyers Guild
Representative Community Activities and Board Memberships: Hope Clinic International (President and Chairman of the Board)

Sample Decisions: Piasecki v. Michigan Education Association, 1999 Mich App LEXIS 2474 (1999); Chem-Trend, Inc. v. McCarthy, 780 F. Supp. 458 (E.D. Mich 1991)