Patricia S. Spratt’s litigation practice emphasizes commercial and business litigation. She is the Firm’s senior appellate lawyer.

Pat has represented clients in cases involving these areas:
- Commodities
- Contract Disputes
- Employment Law
- Freedom of Information Act
- Government Matters
- Regulatory Matters
- Securities
- Coal Mining

JD, 1991, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Lead Articles Editor, Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal
- Member, Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society
 

Undergraduate, Loyola University of Chicago

Illinois

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (including Trial Bar)

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana

U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

U.S. Supreme Court

American Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association
- Member, Animal Law Committee

Women’s Bar Association of Illinois

7th Circuit Bar Association

Adjunct Professor (Appellate Advocacy), Loyola University School of Law (2002–2008)

PAWS Chicago
- Member, Development Board
- Co-chair, PAWS 8K Run/4K Walk 2007-2010

Chicago Coalition for Law-Related Education
- Coach, Hubbard High School Mock Trial Team (2001–2008)

Pat has been awarded an AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethical standards and legal ability.

J. Timothy Eaton & Patricia S. Spratt, Discovery in Arbitrations, CBA RECORD, Nov. 2009.

Speaker/Moderator, Illinois Appellate Practice Boot Camp (Civil Appeals in Illinois Appellate Courts), Illinois accredited CLE course presented by Pincus Professional Education, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Speaker/Moderator, 7th Circuit Appellate Practice Boot Camp (Civil Appeals in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals), Illinois accredited CLE course presented by Pincus Professional Education, 2010.

Professional Responsibility, 21 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO LAW JOURNAL 535 (1990).

As member of both the trial and appellate teams, succeeded in obtaining, and defending on appeal, a preliminary injunction on behalf of the owner of a mineral estate barring the owner of the surface estate from taking certain actions with regard to the mineral estate.

Defeated a claim in arbitration by a real estate agent against a real estate broker for a commission on a sale.

Obtained, and successfully defended on appeal, a restraining order in favor of a property owner against a developer from interfering with the property owner’s easements for ingress and egress over the developer’s property.

Defeated an Illinois Freedom of Information Act requestor’s claim that a memorandum prepared for the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to aid in its deliberative process regarding its role in the relocation of Boeing Corp.’s executive offices to Chicago was a public document that the Department improperly withheld. In this case of first impression, the appellate court explained the precise meaning of FOIA’s exemption for preliminary drafts of documents in which opinions are expressed or policies formulated. See Harwood v. McDonough, 344 Ill. App. 3d 242 (1st District 2003).