Patricia F. Poole
“Patty”
Profile
Patty Poole has worked to add value in mass torts and complex litigation for over
fifteen years.
Areas of Practice
Product Liability
Litigation/
Flexible Billing Structures/
Alternative Fee Arrangements/
Legal Process Outsourcing
(LPO)/
Virtual Law Firms/
Risk Assessment
Contact Information
Winston-Salem Office
336/728-3878 (phone)
336/726-6014 (fax)
[email protected]
Focused on Legal Knowledge Management (LKM/KM) and technology solutions,
Patty fully understands the impact legal costs have on businesses. Patty has been
able to partner with clients to enhance efficiencies and create customized
approaches and best practices for their in-house litigation teams and joint defense
counsel.
Patty puts clients first and is dedicated to delivering affordable results-driven legal
services. As the liaison attorney to a large corporate client dealing with multi-state
litigation and class actions, she works with them on flexible billing structures,
alternative fee arrangements, legal process outsourcing (LPO), and the creation of
virtual law firms with over 25 outside counsel firms located throughout the United
States and abroad.
Patty is a graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law and holds a Masters
degree in Education /Counseling. A certified mediator, Patty understands risk
assessment, people, and business relationships. She negotiates cost effective and
innovative resolutions.
Community engagement is important to Patty and she actively supports pro bono
efforts for those in need. Patty has chaired non-profit boards and served as an
officer in a Council Section of the North Carolina Bar Association.
Professional Activities
Certified to conduct Mediated Settlement Conferences in North Carolina Superior
Court Civil Actions; North Carolina Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section
Council Member (July 2006- July 2009); National Bar Association, North
Carolina Bar Association; Forsyth County Bar Association; Forsyth County
Women Attorneys Association; North Carolina Lawyers in the Schools.
Admitted to the bar 1986, North Carolina. Admitted to practice before all state
courts in North Carolina.
Civic Activities
2006 Board Chair, Prodigals Community non-profit treatment facility; Domestic
Violence Advocacy; North Carolina Lawyers in the Schools.
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Education
B.S., 1981, Guilford College; M.Ed, 1984, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro; J.D., 1986, Wake Forest University School of Law; Student Trial Bar;
Semi-finalist, 1985 Trial Competition; Phi Alpha Delta; Research Assistant, Prof.
Suzanne Reynolds.
Prior Legal Experience
Consultant, trial and appellate practice, Winston-Salem, NC, 1993-1998; Paralegal
Instructor and Facilitator, Davidson County Community College, Lexington, NC,
1990-1997; Contributor to Lee’s treatise on Family Law, edited by Wake Forest
University School of Law Professor Suzanne Reynolds, Winston-Salem, NC, 19901992; Attorney, Womble Carlyle, Winston-Salem, NC, 1986-1990; Summer
Associate and Law Clerk, R. Michael Wells, Winston-Salem, NC, 1985-1986;
Judicial Clerk, Judge Thomas Ross, Forsyth County Superior Court, 1984-1985.
Areas of Practice
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Product Liability Litigation
Dispute Resolution
WCSR 887917v3