Roxanne Patterson

Roxanne Patterson is a Senior Associate in the Litigation group. Her practice focuses on product liability defense, mass torts, and commercial disputes. She represents Connecticut manufacturers and insurers in state and federal court, handles coordinated defense in multi-plaintiff product cases, and takes depositions of plaintiff-side expert witnesses in toxic-tort and medical-device matters. She has second-chaired three jury trials at the firm to verdict and argued pretrial motions in the Superior Court and the D. Conn. Patterson earned her J.D. from UConn School of Law in 2015, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as Articles Editor of the *Connecticut Law Review*. She holds a B.A. from Connecticut College (2012). She joined Oak, Elm & Birch directly from law school and was promoted to Senior Associate in 2022. She serves as a visiting adjunct professor of trial advocacy at Quinnipiac University School of Law, teaching the 2L deposition skills practicum each spring. The Quinnipiac appointment grew out of a one-time guest lecture in 2019; she was asked back every year until the school made the arrangement formal. ## Representative Matters - Second-chair defense counsel for a Farmington-based medical-device manufacturer in a four-week product liability jury trial before the Hon. Alvin W. Thompson, D. Conn.; defense verdict, 2024. - Drafted successful motion to exclude plaintiff's causation expert under Daubert in a multi-plaintiff chemical-exposure case in Hartford Superior Court, 2023. - Defended a Connecticut-based component manufacturer in a multi-district product liability proceeding, including deposition of plaintiff's biomechanical-engineering expert, 2022. ## Publications - "Daubert Practice in Connecticut State Court After Porter: A Defendant's Perspective," *Connecticut Bar Journal*, Vol. 96 (2022). - "Cross-Examining the Differential-Diagnosis Expert: A Field Guide," *DRI For the Defense*, October 2023. ## Speaking & CLE - Panelist, "Trial Advocacy for the Mid-Career Litigator," CBA Young Lawyers Section, October 2024. - Faculty, Quinnipiac University School of Law trial-advocacy workshop, annual 2021–present. Patterson is admitted in Connecticut.