Edward J. Patterson, Jr.

Mr. Patterson has handled a wide range of civil litigation matters at both the trial and appellate levels, including traditional vessel, offshore, cruise line, tug, personal injury, property damage, cargo, maritime lien and other commercial and contractual matters, primarily in the maritime context.  Mr. Patterson has also acted as a mediator in a wide variety of lawsuits, both state and federal, maritime and non-maritime.

Bar and Court Admissions

• Texas, 1957
• All Texas state courts
• United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

• University of Texas, LL.B., 1957
• University of Texas, B.A., 1956
• Del Mar College, A.A., 1953; Phi Delta Phi

Memberships

• Galveston County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Maritime Law Association of the United States
• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Association of Attorney-Mediators