Patrick Holkins joined Gilbert in 2024. He represents major companies, creditors’ committees, and others in complex civil litigation and bankruptcy proceedings. He has experience litigating high impact matters under a range of federal statutes and in jurisdictions across the country. Patrick has led pre-litigation investigations, argued and defended numerous depositions, authored significant briefs, and appeared and argued in federal court, including at trial.

Prior to joining Gilbert, Patrick was a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He clerked for the Honorable A. John Pelander of the Arizona Supreme Court.

• Representing the official committee of tort claimants and future claims representative in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and adversary proceedings to recover insurance proceeds for the benefit of personal injury claimants.
• Assisting a Fortune 500 company in securing insurance coverage for third party patent infringement claims.
• Representing a consumer products manufacturer in litigation to recover $75 million in insurance proceeds.
• Representing individual who endured torture at the hands of a foreign government in litigation against his former employer.

• 2013 – University of Arizona James. E. Rogers College of Law
  • Summa Cum Laude
  • Order of the Coif
  • Articles Editor – Arizona Law Review
• 2009 – A.B., Harvard University

• District of Columbia
• Virginia