Patrick T. Freeman

Patrick T. Freeman is an associate at the San Francisco office of Valle Makoff LLP. He practices as a litigator and advisor in complex disputes and transactions concerning the management and control of businesses, fiduciary obligations, and commercial disputes.  Mr. Freeman has experience in trial and appellate litigation, handling plaintiff and defense cases in business, commercial and contract lawsuits, and fiduciary duty and business-related issues in family law matters.  Mr. Freeman also has experience in litigation and advisory work in business dissolutions ("business divorces") and intra-business disputes involving control, management and buyout issues in private and family-owned business entitites.  He assists family law professionals with business litigation and complex civil procedure and discovery issues, spousal breach of fiduciary duty claims, and “Marvin” claims.  Mr. Freeman also handles complex property agreements between married and unmarried intimate partners/cohabitants with respect to property rights, business management and control, termination, estate-related claims, resolution of disputes and other matters.

Mr. Freeman received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.  While he was there, he was a member of the Hastings Law Journal and a judicial extern for a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Freeman is admitted to practice before all California state courts, He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the Federal Circuit.