Patrick Gavin

Senior Associate

  • Patrick Gavin
  • Phone: +1 215 979 1979

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    30 South 17th Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
    USA

Patrick J. Gavin is a senior associate in the firm's Trial Practice Group. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, consumer protection enforcement, and appellate matters in federal and state courts, as well as administrative proceedings. He has experience managing matters through all phases of litigation, including investigations, pleadings, motion practice, discovery, depositions, settlement negotiations, and trial preparation.

Before joining Duane Morris, Patrick served as Deputy Attorney General in the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection, where he handled enforcement matters involving consumer financial services and unfair and deceptive trade practices. 

Mr. Gavin is a 2016 cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was senior article editor of the Harvard Law & Policy Review, and a magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University.

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2016
    - Senior Article Editor, Harvard Law & Policy Review
  • Georgetown University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2013

Experience

  • Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General 
    - Deputy Attorney General, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 2023-2026
  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Associate, 2020-2023
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    - Law Clerk to the Hon. Marjorie O. Rendell, 2019-2020
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    - Law Clerk to the Hon. Anita B. Brody, 2018-2019
  • Covington & Burling LLP
    - Associate, 2016-2018