Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

A member of the firm’s Professional Liability Practice Group, Patrick D. Filbin concentrates his practice on the defense of attorneys and accountants in malpractice litigation.

Mr. Filbin received his undergraduate degree from James Madison College at Michigan State University. After graduating, he went to Washington D.C. to work as a lobbyist and as a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Representative Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa), a member of the House Banking Committee. Mr. Filbin left Capitol Hill to attend Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he was an associate editor of the school’s Law Review.

Through the College of William & Mary’s School of Law, Mr. Filbin studied international law and economics at the University of London and Exeter University (England) before returning to Thomas M. Cooley, where he graduated cum laude.

Mr. Filbin has been a practicing attorney since 1992, and is a member of the State Bar of Michigan.

Areas of Practice

• Professional Liability

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Michigan (Member)
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
• Incorporated Society of Irish-American Lawyers

Past Employment Positions

• U.S. Representative Paul Kanjorski, Lobbyist and Legislative Assistant

Education

• Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, 1992
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  
  Law Review: Thomas Cooley Law Review, Assistant Editor, 1991 - 1992
• James Madison College, Michigan State University, 1987
  B.A.
• University of London & Exeter University, England
  Major: International Law & Economics

Published Works

• “Accounting Malpractice Avoidance”, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accounts (MACPA), Continuing Education Program, 2007
• Comment, “Pictures At An Execution”, 9 Cooley Law Rev 137, 1992
• “ A Closer Look at the Family and Medical Leave Act”, 7 Mich L.W. 625 (1993) republished, 7 Missouri L.W. 299, 1993

Address

38505 Woodward Ave.
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Phones

(248) 594-8224

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(248) 901-4040

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