Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney in San Francisco, CA

Patrick T. Freeman is an associate at the San Francisco office of Valle Makoff LLP. He handles complex civil litigation for people and businesses throughout the state. Admitted to practice before all California state courts, Mr. Freeman is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the Federal Circuit.

Mr. Freeman has handled a variety of cases and has represented both plaintiffs and defendants at the trial and appellate levels. His experience includes contested corporate and LLC disputes and dissolutions ("business divorces"), “Marvin” claims between unmarried partners, contract breaches, business torts, compensation agreement disputes, and complex asset division and breach of fiduciary duty claims in divorce proceedings. In addition, Mr. Freeman has extensive experience in discovery practice and motions both before and during trials.

As an undergraduate, Mr. Freeman attended the University of California, Berkeley. After working as a legal assistant, he formally pursued his legal education at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. While he was there, Mr. Freeman 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.