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Pete Patterson: One of 118 Texas Attorneys Who Are Both Double Board Certified and ABOTA Members

Origin and Background

Pete T. Patterson earned his undergraduate degree with a double minor from the University of Texas at Austin before his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, where he was inducted into the Order of the Barristers, and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1990. Before focusing full-time on litigation, Patterson founded and served as president of Capital Recovery Group, a real estate consulting business that operated nationwide — a business background he says informs how he counsels entrepreneurs and corporate clients today. He founded Patterson, PC in Houston and now serves as its managing partner, with more than 30 years of practice behind the firm.

Practice Concentration

Patterson, PC is a business litigation firm providing counsel and trial representation to entrepreneurs, small businesses, corporations, and working professionals across business, commercial, employment, oil-and-gas, and personal-injury disputes. The firm represents clients based both in Texas and other states, and Patterson personally litigates cases throughout Texas and across the country. See this Houston Business Litigation directory for how this founder-led firm compares to other commercial litigation practices serving Harris County.

Notable Work / Track Record

Patterson reports having recovered more than $180 million in verdicts, judgments, and settlements for clients over his career, an aggregate figure published on both his firm’s website and his Muck Rack biography that Awesome Attorneys has not independently audited claim-by-claim. His Avvo profile separately cites more than $150 million in recoveries as of an earlier point in his career, indicating the figure has grown with additional case resolutions over time. Case outcomes in complex business and personal-injury litigation depend on the specific facts involved, and past results do not guarantee similar outcomes in any other case.

Client Voice

Awesome Attorneys did not identify a substantial public consumer-review record for Patterson, PC across the major platforms checked, including Avvo, where his profile notes no recent endorsement activity — a genuine gap disclosed here rather than glossed over. What is independently verifiable is Patterson’s ten consecutive years of Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent peer-review rating, the platform’s highest available designation for legal ability and ethical standards, which reflects sustained peer assessment rather than client-submitted reviews.

Beyond the Courtroom

Patterson has served as president of the Houston chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates for the 2020–21 term and was elected the organization’s 2026 chapter president as well, alongside serving as 2020-21 president of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Houston chapter. His civic record includes past president and board roles with the Neartown Association — Houston’s largest neighborhood organization — and the Park Civic Association, service on a Houston mayor’s task force addressing sexually oriented businesses in residential neighborhoods, a mayoral-confirmed appointment to the Houston Small Business Development Corporation, and multiple years on the board of Child Advocates, a Houston nonprofit serving abused and neglected children.

Recognition for This Houston Business Litigation Attorney

Patterson is double board certified — in Civil Trial Law and in Personal Injury Trial Law — by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a credential independently confirmable through his State Bar of Texas record and cited consistently across his Super Lawyers, Avvo, and firm biographies; his own materials note that only 241 Texas attorneys held both certifications as of 2024. This dual TBLS certification is the basis on which Awesome Attorneys applies “specialist” language to his practice, consistent with house policy reserving that term for genuine board certification. He has also been an Associate member of the American Board of Trial Advocates since 2008 — a distinction his firm states was held by only 115 Texas attorneys as of 2024 — and has been named to the Texas Super Lawyers list for 20 consecutive years, including eight straight years on the Houston Super Lawyers Top 100.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Most Texas breach-of-contract claims carry a four-year limitations period, while fraud and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims are separately subject to a four-year period under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 16.004. Personal-injury claims, a secondary practice area for Patterson given his dual board certification, carry a two-year limitations period under Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 16.003. Oil-and-gas disputes, another area of his practice, frequently implicate the Texas Natural Resources Code and the state’s rule-of-capture doctrine alongside general contract law. A prevailing party’s right to recover attorney’s fees on many contract claims runs through Chapter 38 of the Civil Practice & Remedies Code. None of this is legal advice; a specific business or personal-injury matter should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Patterson’s clearest differentiator is a genuinely rare dual credential — TBLS board certification in both civil trial and personal injury trial law combined with ABOTA membership, a combination his own materials place at roughly one-tenth of one percent of Texas attorneys — paired with a business background from founding his own real estate consulting company before turning to litigation full time. The honest trade-off is that, as a solo-founder practice, Patterson, PC’s published track record rests substantially on the founder’s own self-reported aggregate recovery figures rather than an independently audited results table, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify a public consumer-review record to weigh against that credentialing. For a Houston entrepreneur or business owner who wants direct access to a double board-certified trial attorney with real business-ownership experience of his own, Patterson’s credentials and two-decade Super Lawyers record are a reasonable basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Pete T. Patterson’s attorney biography on Patterson, PC’s own website, his Super Lawyers and Avvo attorney profiles, his Muck Rack and about.me biography pages, and his LinkedIn profile.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Patterson, PC or Pete T. Patterson prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.