Sean P. Patrick

Co-Managing Partner

Sean P. Patrick is a founding partner and co-managing attorney at Rifkind Patrick LLC, a Chicago- based firm renowned for its strategic approach to complex legal challenges. With a robust background in both law and business, Mr. Patrick delivers tailored counsel to corporations, investors, entrepreneurs, and individuals navigating high-stakes disputes and transactions. His practice emphasizes proactive problem-solving, drawing on years of courtroom advocacy and boardroom

negotiation to secure optimal results for clients nationwide.

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Practice Areas

Mr. Patrick's versatile expertise spans civil litigation, corporate governance, and transactional law,

allowing him to serve as a trusted advisor in multifaceted matters. Key focus areas include:

  • Civil & Commercial Litigation: Championing clients in high-impact disputes, from breach of contract claims involving goods and services to ownership and stockholder conflicts, consumer protection actions, employment defense, and commercial lending issues. His litigation prowess has resolved countless cases through his negotiation, litigation and settlement strategies.
  • Corporate & Transactional Law: Facilitating seamless business growth with expert guidance on entity formation, investment agreements, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, regulatory reporting, and ownership structuring to safeguard long-term success.
  • Outside General Counsel Services: As an outside counsel for firms - from startups to mature companies -, Mr. Patrick crafts comprehensive legal roadmaps for businesses—overseeing compliance, managing external counsel, handling corporate disputes, and steering both transactional and litigious challenges with precision.
  • Construction Law & Mechanic's Liens: Guiding developers, contractors, and property owners through intricate project disputes, lien enforcement, payment recovery, and contractual pitfalls, ensuring projects stay on track and liabilities are minimized - and enforcing construction contracts in Court if necessary.
  • Additional Specialties: Trade secrets protection, regulatory compliance, partnership disputes, and commercial negligence, where Mr. Patrick leverages his dual law-business acumen to mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities for his clients.

Professional Philosophy

At the core of Mr. Patrick's practice is a client-centric ethos: delivering focused, efficient, and results- driven representation without unnecessary complexity. At Rifkind Patrick LLC he employs professional representation of his clients, prioritizing clear communication, cost predictability, and unwavering advocacy to achieve resolutions that align with each client's unique goals. His prior roles have involved him managing thousands of relevant cases, where he honed his skills in impartial analysis and dispute resolution, making him an invaluable asset in contentious environments.

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Professional Memberships

  • Chicago Bar Association
  • Illinois State Bar Association
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Education

  • J.D., University of Illinois Chicago Law School
  • B.A., Davidson College
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Bar Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Illinois
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • United States Court  of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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Clerkship

  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Mr. Patrick's office is conveniently located at 3025 N. Lincoln Avenue, Unit 1, Chicago, Illinois 60657. For inquiries, contact him at www.rifkindpatrick.com/contact. Whether defending against litigation threats or architecting your next venture, Sean P. Patrick stands ready to protect and propel your interests forward.