Attorney
Patrick M. Bailey
At a Glance
- Attorney, Pierce Schultz PLLC
- Appeals
- Shareholder & LLC Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Former Florida Supreme Court Clerk
- J.D., magna cum laude, Florida State University
- Order of the Coif
Patrick M. Bailey is a Florida attorney focusing on litigation and appeals. Patrick represents companies and their owners in shareholder and LLC member disputes, and in business and construction litigation.
Patrick served as a clerk to Justice Jorge Labarga of the Florida Supreme Court and at the Fourth District Court of Appeal. In private practice, he has worked at both the trial level and the appellate level, in both state and federal court.
Patrick leverages his experience to think several steps ahead in litigation. He brings both a bird’s-eye view and an attention to detail that allows him to see the inflection points in a case and leverage them to his clients’ advantage.
Education
- Florida State University College of Law — J.D., magna cum laude, 2017 (Order of the Coif; Executive Editor, Florida State University Law Review; Book Awards in Jurisprudence, Global Pharmaceutical Law, and Florida Constitutional Law)
Writing & Scholarship
- Daniel A. Rock, Patrick Bailey & Trevor Carolan, A Framework for Drafting Product Liability Verdict Forms, For The Defense (DRI), May 2023, at 39
- Patrick Bailey, Big Brother or Big Pharma: The Lion Fight over the Surveillance and Promotion of Pharmaceutical Use in America, 44 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 1483 (2017)
- Patrick Bailey, Relationship Status? It’s Complicated: Redefining Sexuality in the Workplace in Light of Obergefell and the EEOC, 44 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 325 (2016)
- Co-Editor, The Florida Style Manual (8th ed.)
Admissions & Memberships
- The Florida Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida
Representative Matters
Appellate
- Obtained reversal of a premature attorney’s fee award against homeowners in an association dispute. Rigoli v. Preserve at Bay Hill Estates Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., 432 So. 3d 525 (Fla. 4th DCA 2026).
- Obtained affirmance of final order dismissing claim alleging faulty self-driving software. Stucky v. BMW of North America, LLC, No. 4D2023-1596 (Fla. 4th DCA 2024).
Trial
- Represented several condominium and homeowners associations in foreclosure and enforcement proceedings against unit owners.
- Represented general contractor in a dispute against municipality and subcontractors for breach of contract, breach of duty of care, and other claims, resulting in favorable settlement.
- Successfully shielded chief executive officer of major corporation from deposition under the apex doctrine.
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