J. Patrick O’Malley Managing Partner at Resolution Strategies LLP
Location
Portland, Oregon
States Admitted In:
OR, WA
Education
College:
University of Oregon, 1975-1978Professional History
Affiliations
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Certifications
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Settlement Counsel Practice
- Years of Settlement Counsel Experience: 15+
- Number of Cases: 100+
- Total Number Plantiff / Defendant Rep. Cases: 60% / 40%
Bio
During the past several years, Pat devoted much of his efforts to “bet-the-company” litigation, sophisticated business deals, and patent matters. His background has proven invaluable in helping clients identify and realize strategic exit options. In 2003, Pat became “of counsel” to Resolution Counsel, LLP, and, in 2008, became a partner of Resolution Strategies LLP.
In 1995, Pat was recruited by one of his clients, Hollywood Entertainment Corporation. When Pat joined Hollywood Entertainment, the company had approximately 100 retail video stores. Pat built the company’s legal and store development infrastructure to meet the demands of a store expansion program that opened over 360 new stores a year. This included establishing or managing many key operational departments, including real estate administration, leasing, facilities, and human resources.
In 1999, Pat moved into the IT arena, serving as CIO, restructuring the IT Department, and stabilizing and updating key data systems that were responsible for capturing, tracking, and reporting over ten million transactions per day. Pat also served as Senior Vice President of Business Systems, Revenue Sharing, and Internal Audit, the last of which he coordinated and managed the corporate governance compliance in response to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Prior to going in-house, Pat concentrated on business, real estate, and commercial law, and related transactional and litigation matters with a highly regarded law firm in Portland, Oregon. His litigation experience includes commercial disputes, shareholder, and securities litigation, insurance, real estate, construction, and labor and employment, among other areas.
Pat’s business and transactional work included advising senior management and boards of directors on a wide range of compliance and operational issues, including business expansions, securities compliance, bidding and contracting, labor and employment, and corporate governance. Pat continues to advise entrepreneurs and senior management in a number of private and publicly held companies. His technology clients have included the inventors of a number of significant technologies.
Pat attended the University of Oregon, Honors College Program, and graduated in 1972 with a B.A. in Economics. Pat received his Juris Doctor from the University of Oregon Law School in 1978, after having distinguished himself as Associate Editor of the Law Review.
Pat helped found and later served as president of the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.