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Tom Patterson on the $32 Million Malpractice Verdict, Huey Long, and Confessions of a Trial Lawyer

Tom Patterson on the $32 Million Malpractice Verdict, Huey Long, and Confessions of a Trial Lawyer

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 What happens when a Chicago trial lawyer trained in Xerox sales techniques clerks for an Illinois Supreme Court justice, then goes on to win the biggest legal malpractice judgment in Ohio history against the self-proclaimed largest law firm in the world — and spends eleven years on the side writing a 720-page biography of Huey Long? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Tom Patterson, founder of Patterson Law Firm in Chicago, about the Revelaze v. Dentons case, how a small family-owned tech company with a revolutionary laser denim process ended up suing a global law firm over a conflict of interest that should never have happened, and why six years of litigation and a 55-page appellate opinion still affirmed the verdict. Tom also explains what a business emergency actually looks like when a panicked client calls, why he offers a billable hour guarantee, and what the Dennis Hastert breach of promise settlement taught him about the intersection of power, secrecy, and accountability. They also discuss what Huey Long got right about inequality, why populism is more of a style than an ideology, how sales technique and trial advocacy share more DNA than most lawyers admit, and why Broderick Crawford was simply born to play Willie Stark. Tom Patterson is the founder of Patterson Law Firm in Chicago, Illinois, author of the ABA book on business emergencies, and author of the LSU Press biography of Huey Long, winner of the Landry Press Award. Connect with Tom Patterson: pattersonlawfirm.com tpatterson@pattersonlawfirm.com Chicago, Illinois Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Tom Patterson 01:13 Paying for law school selling photocopiers — what Xerox sales taught a trial lawyer 03:40 Clerking for Illinois Supreme Court Justice William G. Clark 04:36 Launching Patterson Law Firm in 2000 and the first client call 06:34 DNC on the DiSC profile — driven for results and obsessed with accuracy 08:04 The $32 million Ohio verdict and how the appellate court upheld it 09:39 Suing Dentons — a case within a case and how legal malpractice works 11:00 Why being collegial with opposing counsel actually helps you win 13:01 Six years of discovery across Washington, New York, and Ohio 13:33 What a business emergency really looks like when someone calls in a panic 15:24 How to take a case anywhere in the country using pro hac vice 16:20 The billable hour guarantee and why it almost never gets used 17:33 Three months before trial on an $8 million guarantee case — and a zero liability verdict 18:41 Revelaze and the laser denim patent that changed how blue jeans are made 21:00 The Swiss Varine structure that Dentons used and why it failed on conflicts 22:54 Rapid fire questions including Huey Long versus FDR 26:04 Why Huey Long became an eleven-year obsession 29:33 Inequality, World War II, and why Long's ideas came back into view after 2008 31:10 Carl Weiss — who shot Huey Long and why 34:35 Populism, Trump, and drawing lines from 1935 to today 38:01 Broderick Crawford, Sean Penn, and All the King's Men 38:23 Did Huey Long have a real shot at the presidency against Roosevelt 39:44 One confession from a future memoir called Confessions of a Trial Lawyer 40:11 The biggest mistake business owners make before they ever call a lawyer 41:54 Representing one of Dennis Hastert's victims in a breach of promise case 44:57 What he wants Patterson Law Firm to be known for in 20 years 45:37 How to reach Tom Patterson #TomPatterson #PattersonLawFirm #LegalMalpractice #BusinessLitigation #HueyLong #ChicagoTrialLawyer #DentonsLawsuit #TrustcastShow #BusinessEmergency #ConfessionsOfATrialLawyer
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