Patrick D. Doherty - Partner (Retired)

Areas of Practice

• Federal criminal defense

• Selective state criminal trial law

• Selective state civil trial law

• Appellate practice

Admitted to Practice

• Florida, 1973

• Louisiana, 1973

• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1973

• Massachusetts, 1974

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1975

• U.S. Supreme Court, 1976

• Colorado, 1988

Awards

• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®

• Best Lawyers in America, 1994

• Recipient: Public Defender’s Office Award for Outstanding Service, 1975

• Clearwater Bar Association Award for Outstanding Service to the Bar, 1987

• The St. Petersburg Times’ Nelson Poynter Civil Liberties Award for Representation of Death Sentenced Inmates, 1982

• The Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award, 1990

Education

• Loyola University, J.D., 1972

  • Member, Loyola Law School Law Review

• Loyola University, B.A. in Political Science, 1969

Professional Memberships

• The Florida Bar

  • Member, Young Lawyers Board of Governors, 1980

• Local Grievance Committee, 1990

• Pinellas County Criminal Defense Lawyers

  • Past president two times

• Barney Masterson’s Inn of Court

Certifications

• Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education, 1987–2002

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker: Death Penalty Seminars including “Life Over Death,” Hillsborough County Criminal Defense Lawyers, Stetson University College of Law

• Speaker:  NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Death Penalty Seminar in Airlie, Virginia

• Speaker:  “The Limits of Zealous Representation,” Inns of Court, 1997

Appointments

• Delegate, Federal Bar Association Meeting, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2004