Associate Professor of Law
A.B., Emmanuel; J.D., Catholic University

Office Location: McDonough 504

Assistant: Dianne McDonald

Phone: 9384

Biography

Before joining the Law Center faculty in 1980, Professor Patterson served as Chair of the D.C. Public Service (Utilities) Commission and was a Commissioner of the D.C. Public Service Commission. She now teaches Conflicts, Contracts, Race and American Law, and Commercial Law: Sales Transactions at the Law Center. From 1993-97, she served as Associate Dean for the JD and Graduate Programs at the Law Center. She has been Treasurer of the D.C. Bar and a member of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law (the Study Group on the Law Applicable to International Sales), the D.C. Bar Screening Committee, and the Editorial Board of the Washington Lawyer. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation, Emmanuel College, and of the Florence Crittenton Mission Foundation. She was the 2001 recipient of the Law Center's Frank F. Flegal Teaching Award. Before becoming involved in public service, she practiced privately with the D.C. firm of Hogan and Hartson and taught Conflicts at Catholic University. After graduation from law school, she served as a clerk for the Honorable Ruggero J. Aldisert of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Professor Patterson is a member of the American Law Institute.