Background
Patterson, Pickens Andrew was born on August 1, 1944 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, United States. Son of Pickens Andrew and Willie Mae (Miller) Patterson.
Patterson, Pickens Andrew was born on August 1, 1944 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, United States. Son of Pickens Andrew and Willie Mae (Miller) Patterson.
Bachelor, Fisk University, 1965. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1968.
Vice president Urban East Housing Consl., Atlanta, 1968—1969. Managing attorney Atlanta Legal Aid, 1968—1970. Senior partner Patterson, Parks, Jackson & Howell, Atlanta, 1970—1977.
Attorney adviser Housing and Urban Development, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1977—1981. Executive vice president Arrington, Patterson & Thomas, Professional Corporation, Atlanta, since 1982. Partner Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, since 1985.
President Atlanta Legal Aid Society, 1976, Central Carolina Legal Services, Greensboro, 1980. Chair State Board Bar Examiners.
Active Atlanta Charter Study Commission, 1972. Board directors Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1983—1986, Heritage Fund, Atlanta Medical Association, 2006. Trustee Fisk University, Nashville.
Member of Gate City Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, State Bar Georgia, National Bar Association, Sigma Pi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Married Gloria Neltine Peebles, November 25, 1967. Children: Pickens Andrew, Staci Elizabeth.