Lawyer Bio : Patricia F. Poole

As a founding member of the Case Management Facility team, Patty Poole has crafted creative solutions in complex litigation for eight years. Fully understanding the practical needs of trial and appellate counsel, her eye has always been on successful trial verdicts and favorable appellate decisions.

Patty is a trained mediator, certified to conduct mediated settlement conferences in Superior Court Civil Actions. This skill, as well as a background in counseling means she understands people and their business relationships. She fully grasps client requests and efficiently determines what solutions they need. Patty adds value to businesses involved in mass tort litigation by helping to oversee the big picture and implementing cost-effective and innovative litigation support. Patty is the liaison attorney to a corporate client with domestic and international companies. She works directly with in-house counsel and over 25 outside counsel firms located throughout the United States and abroad.

Patty joined Womble Carlyle’s products liability tobacco support group in 1986. Before returning to Womble Carlyle in 1998 to assist with the start-up of the CMF, Patty developed a practice geared toward assisting busy litigation attorneys with research and writing at the trial and appellate level. She acted as a consultant to many local law firms, helping them manage large case loads and training their paralegals. Patty has focused most of her legal career on research and writing at the trial and appellate level. She also helped develop a cutting-edge co-operative community college program in paralegal technology.

Patty is dedicated to community and state pro bono efforts and has assisted legal aid and other non-profit agencies. She is currently the Board Chair of a local non-profit agency and a Dispute Resolution Section Council Member in the North Carolina Bar Association. She has represented juveniles and domestic violence victims.