David D. Patton

Medical Malpractice, Mediation
44 East Long Lake Road, Suite 100, P.O. Box 829
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 483030829


Medical Malpractice

Admitted

1969, Michigan and Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Ninth Circuits, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of Illinois, J.D., 1969

Law School Graduation Year

1969

College

Duke University, A.B., 1966

Memberships

Oakland County (Member: Medical-Legal Committee, 1981-1984, 1989—; Vice-Chair, 1995-1996; Chair, 1996-1997; Master-American Inns of Court), Illinois State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Health Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Counsel to State Bar Grievance Panels, 1976-1980; Special Counsel, Attorney Grievance Commission, 1980—; Member, Sections on: Negligence Law; American Indian Law; Legal Economics; Health Care Law; ADR); Michigan Defense Trial Counsel Association; Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI; Defense Research & Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Medical Professional Liability Committee); National Health Lawyers Association; American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys.

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi. Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C., Denver, Colorado, Kansas City, Missouri, 1969-1973. Chairman, Michigan Chapter, Former Special Agents of the FBI, 1978. Special Prosecutor, Oakland County Grand Jury, 1979-1980. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Michigan, 1979-1981. Settlement Facilitator, Oakland County Circuit Court, 1991—; Mediator, Oakland County Circuit Court. Author: Book Review, Rottenberg: The Economics of Medical Malpractice, 25 Wayne Law Review 165, 1978; The Ticking Timebomb of Altered Records: What Practitioners Need to Know to Navigate the Minefield of Recordkeeping, Oakland County Bar Association: Laches, February, 1998. ADR Arbitration/Mediator/Facilitor/Case Evaluator. Member: Bloomfield Township Advisory Commiittee on AED; Public Advisory Committee on Judicial Candidates.

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