Prior to joining the oil & gas industry in 2010, Patrick practiced Criminal Defense and Family Law.  His experience includes original and supplemental title opinions in Texas as well as curative and land work in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Montana. Patrick graduated from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas in 2003 with a B.S. in Mathematics. He received his law degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas in 2007 and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2007. Patrick grew up in the Fort Worth area and still resides there with his wife Janie, his daughter Frances, and their two dogs, Scruffie and Scrappie.