Background
Patterson, Junior, Henry N. was born on February 3, 1940 in Bayside, New York, United States.
Patterson, Junior, Henry N. was born on February 3, 1940 in Bayside, New York, United States.
University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1963. Bachelor of Laws, 1966). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Judge J. Braxton Craven, Junior, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 19661967.
Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1967-1969.
Worked at Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, Limited liability partnership (Raleigh, North Carolina) specializing in Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Employment, Labor, Workers Compensation, Constitutional, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Environmental Law. Civil Trials and Appellate Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1966, North Carolina.
Order of the Coif. Law Clerk, the Honorable Judge J. Braxton Craven, Junior, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1966-1967.
Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1967-1969. Member: North Carolina and American Bar Associations.
North Carolina State Bar.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence was formed in 1991 by lawyers who had practiced together for many years at the predecessor firm Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James, Harkavy & Lawrence, of Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina.
The firm maintains offices in both cities.
The firm is dedicated to providing high quality, energetic advocacy in a few specialized areas of practice: labor and employment, civil rights, environmental, toxic tort, personal injury and workers" compensation. The firm has extensive experience in complex litigation, class actions, trial and appellate practice, and advocacy before a variety of administrative bodies and the North Carolina General Assembly.
Members of the firm regularly provide mediation and arbitration services, teach at law schools, universities and professional education seminars and are active in bar and public interest organizations. The firm frequently litigates in affiliation with the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, environmental organizations, and local and international unions.
Member: North Carolina and American Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.