Background
Patterson was born in Trenton on April 15, 1959, and raised in Hopewell Township and Princeton.
Patterson was born in Trenton on April 15, 1959, and raised in Hopewell Township and Princeton.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1980). Cornell Law School (Juris Doctor, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Winner, Cuccia Cup Moot Court Competition, 1982.
Special Assistant to the New Jersey Attorney General, 1989-1990.
She was sworn in on September 1, 2011, replacing former Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto. She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1983. In 1983, Patterson joined the law firm of Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti Limited Liability Partnership as an associate.
In 1989, Patterson left Riker Danzig to serve as a deputy attorney general and special assistant to New Jersey Attorney General Peter North. Perretti, Junior., handling civil litigation and criminal appeals on behalf of the state.
Her practice focused on product liability, intellectual property and commercial litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts. Patterson served as Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Product Liability and Toxic Tort Section, as an officer and trustee of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, and as a trustee of the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey.
From 1991 to 2006, Patterson served on the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Character. She was elected to the New Jersey Fellows of the America Bar Foundation in 2011.
Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Character, 1991.