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Patrick Flinn

Atlanta, Georgia

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FLINN, Patrick J. As an intellectual property litigator, Patrick J. Flinn created ingenious legal arguments and often relied on astute, yet amusing, analogies to simplify complex matters. Alas, he could not reason his way out of brain cancer. He met his illness with the fortitude and clever wit...

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Pat was my roommate at Georgetown and we were in the same study group. He was absolutely brilliant, but humble . He had a keen sense of humor, always reminding me that he was a Flinn with an "I", not a "Y" ( the "Y" clan were unsavory characters...) After we completed our evening reading assignments, Pat would pull out his guitar and play Bob Dylan songs or we would head to the "Tombs" for a beer. Thank you, Pat, for making law school bearable. I have good memories of law school thanks to...

Working with Patrick was always a treat. I will never forget how much he helped in the early days and throughout Project A1 at Nokia for which I was global project manager (2009-2011). It was a tremendous confidence boost to have Patrick at my side. A tremendous litigator, a great strategist and a great leader. (Papa Smurf, was what I remember we used to call him.)

RIP