Pat Disbennett

Dubbed a "Rising Star" by Texas Super Lawyers from 2019 to 2023, Pat Disbennett represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex business disputes and legal proceedings. He’s secured successful results across a range of commercial disputes, including cases involving breach of contract, non-competition agreements, trade secret misappropriation, commercial real estate, healthcare payor-payee disputes, oil and gas disputes, and business disparagement and defamation claims.

Pat joined LPHS following a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Jane J. Boyle of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Prior to his clerkship, Pat graduated cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law, where he served as the Managing Editor for the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business. He also completed legal internships with the Honorable Sidney Schenkier of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regional Enforcement Division in Chicago, and the Labor Unit of the Chicago Board of Education’s Legal Department.

A Division I soccer player at St. Louis University, Pat earned Academic All-American and Atlantic 10 All-Conference accolades during his senior year, leading his team to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and a top-25 national ranking. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Chemistry from St. Louis University in 2008 and worked as a chemist for an animal nutrition company in St. Louis before entering law school.