Donald Patterson

Civil, Mediation
3550 S.W. 5th Street, P.O. Box 949
Topeka, Kansas 66601


Civil

Admitted

1950, Kansas, Nebraska, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1962, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of Michigan, J.D., 1950

Law School Graduation Year

1950

College

University of Nebraska, A.B., 1947

Memberships

Topeka (President, 1974-1975), Kansas and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel (Faculty Member, Trial Academy, 1984); Kansas Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1973-1974); American Judicature Society; Association of Insurance Attorneys; Defense Research Institute

Biographical

Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: 1996 Yancy Memorial Award, IADC; First Annual DRI Award Lifetime for Lifetime Contribution to the Profession, DRI, 1997. Co-Author: DRI Products Liability Pretrial Notebook, Chapter 7, Discovery of Trial Expert Opinions. Author: Defense of Product Liability Action: Infeasibility of Alternative Design Proposed by Plaintiff, 1 Am Jur Proof of Facts 3d 363, 1988; DRI Compendium Admissibility of Expert Testimony, Chapters on Kansas and Federal Rules of Evidence; DRI Compendium Product Liability Defenses, Chapter on Kansas, 2001; ADC, Challenging Expert Witness Testimony, Chapter 1 - Challenges to Expert Testimony Pre and Post Daubert, 2000. Member, Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission, 1979-1989. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury litigation, 1981—. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Inns of Court (Topeka Chapter).

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