Patrick J. Rice

member

Telephone:
Fax:

(706) 722-4481
(706) 849-5126

E-mail

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Augusta Office
801 Broad Street, 7th floor
Augusta, GA 30901

Practice Areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Arbitration
Business Disputes, Commercial and Securities Litigation
Copyright
Health Care
Insurance Coverage
Land Use and Zoning
Probate Administration
Products Liability, Personal Injury and Torts
Trademarks, Service Marks and Trade Names

Appellate Practice
Class Actions and Multi District Litigation
Eminent Domain and Condemnation
Infringement Claims
Intellectual Property
Medical Malpractice
Probate Disputes
Professional Liability

Pat has been a trial lawyer since 1966 and practices in the areas of general civil litigation, health care and general business matters. By providing experienced counsel for several decades Pat has helped clients from numerous industries find solutions to conflicts and avoid future conflicts. He has handled a wide variety of cases including: professional, products and premises liability; personal injury; securities fraud; banking, commercial and general business matters; trademarks; construction issues; non-competition agreements; governmental liability; eminent domain; a diversity of general contractual, tort and estate disputes and national and statewide class actions. He also has represented clients in appellate courts, state and federal trial courts and serves as a mediator in commercial, personal injury and professional liability cases. In addition to his litigation practice, he also represents several businesses and healthcare organizations.

Education

Spring Hill College, 1963, B.S., Biology
University of Georgia, 1966, L.L.B.
Honors: Georgia Bar Journal Student Law Review Executive Editor

Professional associations

American Bar Association Fellow
American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow
Augusta Area Trial Association, Past Secretary (1976-1978)
Augusta Bar Association, Past President (1987)
Defense Research Institute
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
Georgia Board of Governors (1980-1986)
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, Past President (1989-1990), Georgia Defense Law Journal Past Editor
State Board of Georgia Trial Lawyers Competency and Professionalism Committee
Young Lawyers Club of Augusta, Past President (1974-1975)

civic associations

Augusta Country Club Past President
Augusta Tomorrow
Aquinas High School PTO Past President
Child Enrichment, Inc. Advisory Board
Heart Fund Chairman
Kiwanis Club of Augusta, Past President
Richmond County Board of Elections Chairman
Spring Hill College Board of Visitors
St. Joseph Hospital, Inc. Chairman
United Way Board Member
Wake Forest University Parents Council Chairman and Board of Visitors

Honors & Awards

Augusta Bar Association's Robert Lynn Allgood Award (2010)
Best Lawyers in America - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation (1993-2010)
Georgia Super Lawyers - General Litigation (2004-2010), Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers (2005, 2006, 2008)
State Bar of Georgia’s Chief Justice Thomas O. Marshall Professionalism Award (2006)
Martindale Hubbell - AV Rated
Paul C. Harris Fellow of Rotary International

Admissions

State Bar of Georgia
Pat is admitted to practice before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals.

speeches

Pat regularly speaks and presents to national and state groups on medical malpractice, products liability, evidence, torts and professionalism.