Patrick Barrett

Location:

Nashville, TN

Phone:

(615) 297-1932

Email:

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Patrick Barrett represents whistleblowers who expose corporate and government fraud as well as plaintiffs who sustain serious injuries due to the negligence of others. His practice areas also include product liability, antitrust, personal injury, consumer fraud, breach of contract and nursing home litigation.

Licensed to practice law in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas, Patrick has fought for the rights of consumers in complex civil litigation throughout the United States for over twenty-five years.

Patrick is a member of the Tennessee Bar, the State Bar of Texas, the Mississippi Bar Association, the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, and Taxpayers Against Fraud. He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston Law Center where he was a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.

When he’s not working, Patrick loves to spend time outdoors boating, hunting and hiking with his wife and son.

Year Joined Firm

2022

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury
Qui Tam Law (Whistleblower)
Wrongful Death
Consumer Protection
Elder Care/Nursing Home

Bar Admissions

Tennessee Bar
State Bar of Texas
Mississippi Bar
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas; Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; and the Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee

Education

University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
- J.D.
University of Mississippi
- Bachelor of Arts
- Major: English

Professional Associations and Memberships

Tennessee Bar
Texas State Bar
Mississippi State Bar Association
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
Taxpayers Against Fraud

Fraternities

Phi Delta Phi

Notable Cases

Kansas City S. Ry. Co. v. Johnson, 798 So. 2d 374 (Miss. 2001), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 816, 122 S. Ct. 43 (2001)
Co-counsel for plaintiff who recovered $3 million judgment for personal injuries sustained in railroad crossing collision.
USA ex rel. Bryan McNeese v. AMMED Direct, LLC
No. 3:09-0275, United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Co-lead counsel for whistleblower in False Claims Act action involving unlawful marketing of diabetic supplies resulting in recovery of $18 million for the government.
USA ex rel. Beeson v. Sachdeva
No. 3:12-cv-194, United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Co-lead counsel for whistleblower in False Claims Act action involving fraudulent operation of cancer clinic, resulting in criminal conviction and forfeiture of nearly $5.7 million to government.
USA ex rel. Marjorie Prather v. Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc.
No. 3:12-cv-00764, United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Co-lead counsel for nurse whistleblower pursuing False Claims Act allegations relating to fraudulent home health billing practices. 892 F.3d 822 (6th Cir. 2018) (reversing dismissal and finding that relator adequately plead materiality and scienter under the False Claims Act) 838 F.3d 750 (6th Cir. 2016) (reversing dismissal and finding that relator adequately plead legal falsity under the False Claims Act)
In re Estate of Rath v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
No. 04-L-44, Circuit Court of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, St. Clair County, Illinois. Co-counsel for nationwide class of Medicare beneficiaries who overpaid for enteral nutrition products, resulting in settlement of approximately $10 million.
In re Marine Hose Antitrust Litigation
No. 08-MDL-1888, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Co-counsel for nationwide class of purchasers of marine hose products alleging a global conspiracy to unlawfully fix prices of marine hoses, resulting in a settlement of $31.7 million.
In re Cardizem CD Antitrust Litigation
MDL No. 1278, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Co-counsel for class of Tennessee consumers alleging antitrust violations relating to an agreement to delay the introduction of lower-priced generic drugs.

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