Patty concentrates her practice on civil litigation, administrative law, and appellate work, representing both private and public entities in environmental law, land use and zoning, and regulatory law. Patty works collaboratively with clients across multiple industries to achieve their unique goals, whether to permit a large industrial or commercial project or to defend those projects against legal challenges.
Patty regularly represents clients before administrative agencies that include the NYS Public Service Commission and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation as well as the trial and appellate courts across New York State.
Patty previously worked for judges at all levels of the court system, from the trial level through the intermediate appellate courts to the California Supreme Court, and uses her knowledge of the judicial decision-making process to inform her case strategy, preparation, and presentation.