Background
Patterson, Leigh-Ann M. was born on August 3, 1966 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States.
Patterson, Leigh-Ann M. was born on August 3, 1966 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States.
Miami University (Bachelor of Arts, 1989). Suffolk University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1992).
Worked at Peabody & Brown. Admitted to the bar, 1992, Massachusetts. 1993, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
1994, Rhode Island.
1995, United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1993-1994.
Editor, 1991-1992, and Staff Member, 1990-1991, Suffolk University Law Review. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Insurance Law, 1991.
Moot Court Best Oral Advocate Award, 1990.
Regional Best Brief, Regional Oral Finalist, Jessup International Law Appellate Team, 1992. Author: "Post-Trial and Appellate Rights," Superior Court Practice Manual, MCLE 1996. "The Collapse of Criminal Justice," Volume 29, Number.
3, Suffolk University Law Review, Fall 1995.
"The Extraterritorial Application of the Fourth Amendment," Volume 26, Number. 1, pg. 289, Suffolk University Law Review, Spring 1991.
"Closing the Loophole in Massachusetts" Substituted Judgment Treatment Order Statutes," Volume 26, Number. 3, pg. 883, Suffolk University Law Review, Fall 1991.
Member: Boston and Rhode Island Bar Associations.
Women"s Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1996. Chairman, Publications Committee, 1996). Peabody & Brown focuses its practice on corporate and business law, loan enforcement, bank regulatory law, bankruptcy, commercial lending, environmental law, intellectual property and technology estate planning and administration, trademark law, employee benefits and labor and employment law, insurance litigation, public utilities and energy law, real estate, securities law, business litigation, tax law, housing and community development and syndication.
Member: Boston and Rhode Island Bar Associations. Women"s Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1996. Chairman, Publications Committee, 1996).