Greensfelder Adds S. Patrick McKey as Litigation Officer
S. Patrick McKey has joined Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.’s Chicago office as an officer in the Litigation practice group.
The firm said McKey focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, international business disputes, product liability, environmental and intellectual property litigation, as well as corporate counseling and public law. He has experience with clients in the retail, fashion and apparel industries and obtained multimillion-dollar judgments for leading fashion and apparel brands against individuals and entities selling counterfeit merchandise online.
The firm said McKey has represented clients in courts throughout the United States, as well as domestic and foreign clients before entities including the London Court of International Arbitration, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, and the American Arbitration Association. He has worked as lead counsel in the defense of U.S. class actions and multidistrict litigation, as well as the defense of claims for clients in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Italy, Ireland, Libya, Korea, Japan, Poland, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
McKey has conducted internal investigations on behalf of clients in the United States and abroad and has counseled on the risks associated with potential litigation or regulatory action, including strategies for minimizing such risks.
McKey’s interests include working with the many businesses that have U.S.-Ireland connections, and he has been involved with Chicago’s Irish community for many years, including Irish business and social organizations. He studied comparative law at University College Cork (Ireland) Faculty of Law.
Prior to joining Greensfelder, McKey was a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. He received both his J.D. and Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin.
