Christopher L. Patton is a trial specialist with over 100 civil jury trials to verdict. He has tried 35 cases in the last 60 months. He is the lead trial attorney and managing partner of PATTON TRIAL GROUP. In the last 7 years, over 70% of Mr. Patton’s trials have been transferred to him for trial, generally within weeks of trial. In January 2025, Chris Patton was named one of the top three defense trial attorneys in Southern California. In May of 2026, he will also be presenting on Trial Advocacy at the Dordick Trial College in Cabo San Lucas and the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel in Los Angeles.
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Mr. Patton has tried more than 50 “Catastrophic Injury” jury trials including claims of Wrongful Death, Paraplegia, Loss of a Limb, Traumatic Brain Injuries, and more than 70 Surgical Cases, including more than 40 Spinal Fusion Cases. Mr. Patton has tried more than 70 cases with a demand of more than $1,000,000, 40 cases with demands more than $5,000,000. more than 30 with demands more than $10,000,000, and more than a dozen trials with demands more than $30,000,000.
Mr. Patton was featured in the California Lawyer as “Top Defense Verdicts of 2018.” Mr. Patton was also nominated for two jury trials as “Top Defense Verdicts of 2018” by the Daily Journal.
Mr. Patton has conducted jury trials throughout the state of California, including the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Merced, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Shasta, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare, Ventura, Yolo and Yuba.
Mr. Patton has practiced law since 1997. He received his B.A. in Speech Communications from Pepperdine University in 1992 where he attended on a full tuition Speech and Debate scholarship. While at Pepperdine, he won dozens of speech and debate awards including the National Championship in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. After graduation, Mr. Patton coached speech and debate at Pepperdine University and Calabasas High School, and coached and judged at the College and High School National Championships.
Mr. Patton spent two terms of law school at Oxford University (Magdalen College) pursuing studies in International Litigation and Arbitration. Mr. Patton moved on to Loyola Law School in Los Angeles where he continued his training as a trial advocate. Mr. Patton won the Scott Moot Court Competition, was a member of the Bryne Trial Advocacy Team and was named the third place advocate at the Phillip Jessup International Moot Court Competition. Mr. Patton participated in the Hobbs District Attorney Clinic, taking home the American Jurisprudence Award for the highest Grade in the prestigious program, as well as the American Jurisprudence Awards in Moot Court and Trial Advocacy.
While still in law school, Mr. Patton worked for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office conducting over 60 preliminary hearings and four jury trials before graduation.
Mr. Patton was awarded the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award and had the honor of being the graduation speaker for the Loyola Law School Graduating Class of 1997.
After graduation, Mr. Patton worked on the multi-billion dollar Qui Tam case of United States of America, ex rel. Boisvart v. FMC Corp. concerning the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The case had more than 2,000,000 pages of defense exhibits, and took four months to try. Mr. Patton then went to Washington DC to work with the Law Firm of Jones Day on the post-trial motions.
Mr. Patton has represented automobile manufacturers, law enforcement departments, and insurance companies. Mr. Patton has handled construction defect, medical malpractice and breach of contract cases. His practice focuses primarily on the defense of personal injury lawsuits and assisting companies in their SIU litigation. Mr. Patton is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts in the State of California and is a member of the Northern California Fraud Investigators Association, the Anti-Fraud Alliance, Southern California Fraud Investigators Association, and American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
Mr. Patton has also provided training to many companies regarding third party litigation and investigation of SIU matters. Mr. Patton has conducted more than 100 arbitrations. He has taken more than 2,000 depositions and more than 500 expert depositions.
Mr. Patton has also provided training at the Northern California Fraud Investigators and Anti-Fraud Alliance Annual Conferences in Monterey California regarding fraudulent medical billing practices. He has also presented on billing fraud at conferences to the Southern California Fraud Investigators Association (SCFIA) and was featured presenter at the 2022 Palm Springs Conference. Mr. Patton was also a speaker on Billing Fraud and admissibility of medical bills at the Monterey conference of Anti-Fraud Alliance/Northern California Fraud Investigators Association in April 2023.
Mr. Patton has worked with multiple District Attorneys Offices, the Department of Insurance and the FBI on the investigation, and prosecution of suspected fraudulent claims, and fraudulent medical billing practices.
