J. Patrick White is Of Counsel in Hahn Loeser’s Chicago office. Patrick handles a wide variety of commercial litigation, construction, real estate and related transactional matters. He has acted as outside general counsel for real estate services firms, as well as a global building automation and control systems company. His experience includes negotiating customer and vendor contracts supporting various lines of business, performing risk management assessments, dispute resolution and litigation management.

Patrick has extensive litigation experience in state and federal court, having first-chaired or co-chaired multiple jury trials to verdict.  He has also represented clients in arbitration, mediation and before administrative tribunals.

Prior to joining Hahn Loeser, Patrick was an Assistant General Counsel for the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs where he regularly represented the District before the D.C. Board of Zoning Appeals, Real Property Tax Appeals Commission, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. During his tenure, he successfully defended the District in an appeal before the D.C. Board of Zoning Appeals challenging the approval of the subdivision of the lot occupied by the historic landmark Scottish Rite Masonic Temple and the building permit issued for the development of a 140-unit residential community on the site.

In addition to being a licensed attorney, Patrick holds a master’s degree in real estate from Georgetown University and applies his in-depth understanding of zoning, land use and real estate transactional skills to help owners, developers, institutions, and public entities achieve their goals.