Patrick C. Barry

Bar / Professional Activity

• Member, Young Lawyers Committee, Rhode Island Bar Association, 1998
• Rhode Island Association for Justice, President, 2009 to 2010
• American Association for Justice, Board of Governors, 2010 to 2011
• American Association of Justice, Member, 2010 to 2011
• American Board of Trial Advocates, Member, 2015 to Present
• U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island, 1998
• Massachusetts, 1997
• Rhode Island, 1996
• Member, American Inns of Court, Roger Williams School of Law Chapter
• Member, Board Member, Executive Officer and President of the Rhode Island Association of Justice (the state trial lawyers' association).
• Member, Superior Court Bench/Bar Committee

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• $3.8 million jury verdict in the Bristol County Superior Courthouse in New Bedford, MA, following a seven-day trial in a medical malpractice and wrongful death case., 2019
• $32 million jury verdict and judgment in three-week trial in Providence County Superior Court, involving a man who became paralyzed due to a swimming accident., 2018
• Medical malpractice jury verdict of $2.5 million in a case involving the preventable death of a newborn. The jury found that a midwife and the hospital negligently treated a young woman in labor and caused the death of her child.  Arriaza v. Women & Infants Hospital.
• A mid-trial settlement of $1 million for the victim of a negligent truck driver.  The plaintiff was severely injured when a delivery truck pulled out in front of the car, resulting in numerous broken bones and orthopedic surgeries.
• A $1.8 million settlement for the family of a deceased man who was discharged from an emergency department with clear signs of a heart attack.
• A settlement of $1 million in a birth-injury case resulting in a permanent nerve injury to a child's arm and hand.  The midwives taking care of the mother failed to deliver a very large baby by cesarean section, resulting in severe and permanent nerve damage to a young boy.  
• A mid-trial settlement of $2.5 million on behalf of a developmentally disabled adult who was sexually assaulted by a service provider.
• A settlement of $3.3 million in a medical malpractice case involving permanent brain injury resulting from a hospital-acquired infection of the central nervous system.

Representative Clients

• Mr. Barry works exclusively on behalf of severely injured persons, arising from devastating events that result in very complex injury and death cases.  Representative clients include handicapped and brain-injured children, victims of medical negligence, families that have lost loved ones due to another person's negligence, traumatic brain injury victims, spinal cord injury victims, amputees, persons reliant upon wheelchairs and other assistive devices, and the surviving family members of those persons killed in the same or similar circumstances.  These very serious cases require thorough legal and medical knowledge, along with the litigation and courtroom skills, that Mr. Barry has shown in his over 25 years of practice., 2025

Pro bono / Community Service

• As a former public member of the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline, Mr. Barry served on the state board that licenses and regulates physicians in Rhode Island. The Board is called upon to investigate and make findings in formal administrative complaints filed against physicians. Sanctions range from reprimand to revocation of license to practice medicine. While serving in this position, Mr. Barry used the same medical knowledge and analytical skill he employs in his medical negligence practice.  He was also appointed to 2 consecutive two-year appointments to the Rhode Island Supreme Court's Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee.  The "UPLC" exists to ensure that only fully and appropriately licensed lawyers are performing legal work.

Honors

• Martindale-Hubbell
• Patrick was selected as Rhode Island's "Lawyer of the Year" for 2026 by Best Lawyers, a legal industry information and ranking service which relies upon input from other attorneys.  Patrick is well-known in Rhode Island as a very experienced, sought-after, and talented trial lawyer.  His ranking and selection as 2026 Lawyer of the Year is based upon votes of other practicing attorneys that recognize his talents and many other contributions to the legal practice in Rhode Island., Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers publication, 2026

Educational Background

• Bachelor of Arts from Boston University, 1990

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Chapter author for "A Practical Guide to Discovery in Rhode Island," a continually updated practice manual initially published in September 2010.  Mr. Barry has authored the chapter on "Deposing Medical and Technical Experts" in this well-known and widely-used practice guide.  Most recently, he updated this same chapter in the most recent edition in early 2025., Chapter Author, Rhode Island Discovery Practice Manual, MCLE Publications, 2010
• Instructor and Invited Speaker for many CLE seminars and professional presentations including "Medical Malpractice Litigation in Rhode Island (2003)" and "Advanced Personal Injury Practice (2005)" for NBI; "Medical Malpractice Implications of End-of-life Care" for the Rhode Island Medical Society (2001); "Medical Malpractice Mediation Program" for Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting (2007)"; "A Day with Risk Management: Collaboratively Avoiding Risks in Medicine" for Care New England (2006); Invited Speaker for the annual "Boardwalk Seminar" for the New Jersey Association for Justice (2011); "Practice and Pitfalls for New Lawyers" at Roger Williams Law School (2011); and others. 
• Author of "Questioning the Answers: Admissibility of Scientific Evidence in the Remand of Daubert v. Merrell Dow."  2 Wid. L. Symp. J. 580 (1997)

Other Outstanding Achievements

• While in law school, Patrick was the Articles Editor of one of the school’s law review publications, and was also selected for publication of his own scholarly article about the use of scientific opinion testimony

• American Association For Justice
• Rhode Island Association For Justice
• Rhode Island Bar Association