1. L. PATRICIA MOCK, Esq.
322 Pere Marquette Drive, Lansing MI 48912
Mobile 517.410.2025 mockp@cooley.edu
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ATTORNEY/EDUCATOR LAW PROFESSOR – Accomplished educator and polished legal advocate with
razor-sharp intellectual acuity, proven capability, and extensive professional experience. Ability to successfully
tackle complex challenges, strong analytical competencies, and excellent communication skills have enabled me
to provide 20+ years of effective legal representation with a history of achieving delivery targets.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing MI September 2014-present
Professor Emerita
Thomas M. Cooley Law School 2008-2014 Associate Professor & Elder Law Clinician
Responsible for teaching law students how to use experiential learning to translate the knowledge, ethics, and theory learned
in seminar into the actual practice techniques required to deliver effective client-centered representation. Provided
classroom instruction and hands-on supervision in teaching the mechanics and contextual aspects of practicing law.
Regularly interacted with the executive administration to assess student performance, monitor progress, and target trenchant
intervention.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Attended national trainings for law professors to deepen field expertise and to keep abreast of best practices and cutting-
edge trends. Gained proficiency using professorial trainings to ensure full integration of performance linkages with best
practices. For scholarship and professional development wrote papers and delivered lectures at several national law
conferences; also wrote an article on distributive justice accepted for publication in Volume 16.3 of the Thomas M. Cooley
Journal of Practical and Clinical Law
MENTORING & GUIDANCE
Encouraged and coached countless scholars to reach their potential to achieve academic excellence. Nurtured critical
thinking skills through pedagogical reflective teaching methods. In many instances the law students used their knowledge
and litigation-readiness to out-perform seasoned attorneys, winning praise from trial judges for outstanding advocacy and
exemplary civility. Court victories resulted in judgments exceeding $300,000 for indescribably satisfied clientele.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
• Organized Sixty Plus outreach project with the mission of increasing equity in the distribution of clinical services;
• developed B2B relationships, internally and externally, expertly engaging input of staff and partner agencies;
• canvassed pressing legal needs of stakeholders and tailored community education to match those needs;
• lectured on elder law topics including Foreclosure Prevention, Predatory Lending, Consumer Protection, and
Estate Planning;
• mapped community services for seniors to identify and bridge service gaps with optimal efficiency.
Strategic outreach from 2008-2013 produced unparalleled access to legal services for under-served ethnic groups and
provided an outreach template for other law clinics to study and emulate.
EXCEPTIONALACCOMPLISHMENT – Enjoyed rare distinction of coaching two teams to victory in national ABA-
sponsored law school competitions; from 2009-2015 coached total of six regional championship teams.
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Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands, Nashville, TN 1984-2008
Managing Attorney, Senior Counsel & EEO
Managed attorneys and personnel of the second largest office of Legal Aid (Clarksville office covered seven counties).
Administered all aspects of law office operations including hiring, training, evaluations, professional
development, marketing, budgeting, and managing grants while simultaneously carrying a full case load. Transformed
office operations via innovative cross training of paralegals to expand the scope, depth, and reach of crucial legal assistance.
Negotiated contract for the County to donate office space in the courthouse to optimize convenient public access to

2. indispensable services. Also partnered with the City to sponsor fair housing radio broadcasts and to bear expense for fair
housing marketing campaign. The partnerships established with local government were exceptionally beneficial in widening
doors to justice. For nearly two decades the City/County referred all fair housing, eviction, and predatory lending cases to
the Clarksville (CV) office per the terms of exclusive service contracts.
Managed compliance activities as the Equal Employment Compliance Officer for over 200 employees. Throughout
tenure eliminated financial exposure to firm by instituting an effective risk and control framework to address and resolve
problems.
EXPERTISE
Recognized by local judiciary and bar associations as subject-matter expert in civil procedure particularly litigation
involving housing and consumer protection; trained a cadre of judges, lawyers, and other professionals in the course of an
illustrious career.
TRANSFORMATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Exceptional accomplishments range being appointed to the Supreme Court Rules Commission to receiving
international acclaim for coaching multiple winners of national ABA competitions.
• Chaired Supreme Ct. Rules Committee tasked to establish a uniform standard (now codified) for determining
indigence in civil cases.
• Directed Tennessee arm of the Military/Civilian Coordinated Community Response (CCR) to Stop Domestic and
Sexual Abuse at Fort Campbell and adjoining State of Kentucky (by invitation of DOD, DOJ&OVW) and generated
an executive summary of qualitative and quantitative findings from the five-year study.
• Recognized by General Assembly of Tennessee with proclamation of appreciation for 24 years of exemplary civic
dedication, unblemished ethics, and professional excellence.
OPERATIONALAND PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
• Identified, secured, and administered over a million dollars of housing and DV grants for the CV office.
• Helped innumerable clients enjoy legal victories, enabling them to keep housing, escape abusive relationships, and
triumph over debilitating forms of discrimination in housing and consumer disputes.
• Selected by the Tennessee Sup. Ct. to represent private bar on the Rules Commission. (12 yrs. by invitation)
• Academy
LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS
• Licensed to practice law in Michigan, Tennessee, & 6th Circuit
• Supreme Court Rules Commissioner (Civil, Appellate, & Criminal)
• Certified Mediator – Adult Guardianships, Elder Care, General Civil Private Practice, Domestic Relations and
Domestic Abuse
• Accident and Health Insurance License – Resident Producer
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/TECHNICAL SKILLS
Executive Management and Leadership Training -Management Institute Training (MIT); Regional Basic Lawyer
Skills Trainer (BLST) (10 yrs by invitation); Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility (Exclusive PR Panel
Training)
AFFILIATIONS/BOARDS
American Bar Associations; National Bar; Davis Dunnings Bar; Montgomery County Bar; Elder Law/Probate
Section Michigan Bar; Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility (two terms by invitation); Tennessee
Women Lawyers Association; TN State Coordinating Council on Domestic and Sexual Violence; Tri-County
Coordinated Community Response CR Elder Abuse Consortium (Sixty Plus Elder Law Clinic Representative); End
Violent Encounters (EVE) DV & Elder Abuse Shelter
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References available upon request