Patrick Schaffler Quinn joined Lewis Thomason as an associate in the firm’s Memphis office in September of 2016 and practices in the areas of health care liability and general civil litigation.

Mr. Quinn graduated from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 2016.  During law school, he served as Notes Editor on the editorial board of Vol. 46 of the University of Memphis Law Review, was selected for a two-year position as Senior Student Justice on the Honor Council, and served as a student ambassador, orientation leader, and peer mentor.  In 2013, Mr. Quinn received the Dean’s Award for Excellence for Best Memorandum.

Prior to law school, Mr. Quinn earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of the South in 2012.

AFFILIATIONS

• Memphis Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

• Included in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ for his work in Health Care and Insurance Law
• Associate Member, Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court, 2017 – Present
• Board of Directors, St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers’ Guild, 2017 – Present
• Memphis Bar Association Social Committee Co-Chair, 2019-2020
• Memphis Bar Association Bench Bar Conference Recruitment Committee Member, 2019
• Notes Editor, University of Memphis Law Review, Vol. 46
• Senior Student Justice,  Honor Council, University of Memphis School of Law
• Dean’s Award for Excellence for Best Memorandum, 2013

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Obtained a jury verdict in a health care liability case filed in Shelby County Circuit Court.  The surgeon performed a gallbladder removal surgery where the plaintiff patient sustained complications requiring repair surgeries.  After deliberations, the jury answered the Court’s first question that the defendant surgeon did not deviate from the applicable standard of care resulting in a defense verdict.
• Won a defense verdict in a construction arbitration.  The client, a civil engineer, was retained to design a convenience store to be located at an intersection in suburban Memphis.  The project was shut down by the City of Memphis when City officials discovered the two entrances were located less than 300 feet from the intersection, as mandated by a City set back regulation.  The owner/developer sued the engineer claiming resulting lost profits.  The arbitrator found that the engineer did not breach of the standard of care because the design locations had been established based on site conditions, including a small drainage ditch.  Moreover, the owner/developer was aware of the design, and the engineer testified he informed his client the City might not approve the design locations.

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