Patricia Butler is a senior associate at Hecker Fink LLP.
Patricia’s practice focuses on civil ligation, securities litigation, and government investigations. Prior to joining Hecker Fink, Patricia was an associate at an international law firm and represented corporations and individuals in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations.
Following law school, Patricia completed a clerkship with the Honorable George B. Daniels of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and was an associate at a global law firm, where she was part of the legal team that successfully obtained a $79 million default judgment against a foreign party in a fraud case before the Eastern District of New York (EDNY).
Earlier in her career, Patricia interned at the SEC’s Enforcement Division, served as an Alexander Fellow to the Honorable Lorna G. Schofield of the U.S. District Court for the SDNY, worked as a student intern at the Securities and Arbitration Clinic at Cardozo Law, and interned for the Honorable Leo M. Gordon of the U.S. Court of International Trade.
Patricia received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she was an E. Nathaniel Gates Scholar, a member of the Order of the Coif, and the Moot Court Honor Society. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Pace University, where she was a member of the Lambda Sigma Honor Society and the Golden Key National Honor Society.