Patricia Brown Holmes is a partner in the Chicago office of Schiff Hardin LLP. Patricia is an experienced trial lawyer who concentrates her practice in general litigation, including contract disputes, franchise and distribution litigation, shareholder derivative actions, and securities fraud. She also conducts internal investigations and counsels corporations and individuals in a wide variety of matters involving the federal government, particularly those pertaining to regulatory and compliance issues.

Patricia joined Schiff Hardin in 2005 from the Circuit Court of Cook County, where she had been a trial judge since 1997. Prior to becoming a judge, she was the Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago, supervising a staff of attorneys practicing in chancery and municipal court. Earlier, Patricia honed her skills in federal court having tried over 26 complex felony cases and argued numerous times before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. She also gained significant trial and appellate experience as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Cook County, Illinois.

Patricia has been an adjunct professor of law at the Northwestern University School of Law and the Loyola Institute for Paralegal Studies. She also was an instructor at the Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute - Criminal Trial Advocacy Section of the U.S. Department of Justice. Patricia is a member of and has held leadership positions in numerous professional and service organizations. These include the Illinois Judges Association, Illinois Judicial Council, National Bar Association, American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms, Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc., Seventh Circuit Bar Association, and Just the Beginning Foundation, Inc. She has been selected to serve on U.S. Senator Dick Durbin’s bipartisan screening committee to assist in selecting Federal District Court Judges, U.S. Attorneys, and U.S. Marshals for the State of Illinois. Patricia has received numerous awards for her outstanding contributions to the legal community as well as recognition for her many contributions to multiple civic endeavors.

Patricia received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and her law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. She is admitted to practice in Illinois, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Patricia Brown Holmes is a partner in the Chicago office of Schiff Hardin LLP. Patricia is an experienced trial lawyer who concentrates her practice in general litigation, including contract disputes, franchise and distribution litigation, shareholder derivative actions, and securities fraud. She also conducts internal investigations and counsels corporations and individuals in a wide variety of matters involving the federal government, particularly those pertaining to regulatory and compliance issues.

Patricia joined Schiff Hardin in 2005 from the Circuit Court of Cook County, where she had been a trial judge since 1997. Prior to becoming a judge, she was the Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago, supervising a staff of attorneys practicing in chancery and municipal court. Earlier, Patricia honed her skills in federal court having tried over 26 complex felony cases and argued numerous times before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. She also gained significant trial and appellate experience as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Cook County, Illinois.

Patricia has been an adjunct professor of law at the Northwestern University School of Law and the Loyola Institute for Paralegal Studies. She also was an instructor at the Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute - Criminal Trial Advocacy Section of the U.S. Department of Justice. Patricia is a member of and has held leadership positions in numerous professional and service organizations. These include the Illinois Judges Association, Illinois Judicial Council, National Bar Association, American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms, Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc., Seventh Circuit Bar Association, and Just the Beginning Foundation, Inc. She has been selected to serve on U.S. Senator Dick Durbin’s bipartisan screening committee to assist in selecting Federal District Court Judges, U.S. Attorneys, and U.S. Marshals for the State of Illinois. Patricia has received numerous awards for her outstanding contributions to the legal community as well as recognition for her many contributions to multiple civic endeavors.

Patricia received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and her law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. She is admitted to practice in Illinois, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.