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Biography
Patrick Mahoney is a Boise, Idaho based medical malpractice lawyer, birth injury attorney, and personal injury lawyer who graduated from the University of Washington and then obtained his Juris Doctorate from the University of Idaho College of Law where he received American Jurisprudence awards in Evidence and Constitutional law and where he served as an Editor on the Idaho Law Review. He began his career as a law clerk to two Idaho trial judges working in the trenches of the courtroom on large personal injury and medical malpractice cases. He then entered private practice where he worked for one of Idaho’s most prominent firms representing major entities in civil litigation, as well as being on the trial team for a successful $27 million class action - one of the largest of its kind in Idaho. Patrick then founded Mahoney Law, PLLC, where he has spent over two decades focused on medical negligence, birth injury, and personal injury litigation. He holds a 10.0 rating on Avvo, is recognized by Super Lawyers as a top medical malpractice lawyer in Idaho, and is a member of the American Association for Justice and Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, having received the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association's Champion for Civil Justice Award for his pro bono work on behalf of disadvantaged individuals. He has recovered millions for deserving Idaho individuals and families in cases.
Education
- University of Idaho College of Law, Boise, Idaho, Boise, Idaho
- Juris Doctorate
- Editor, Idaho Law Review
- University of Washington
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Major: Political Science
Classes & Seminars
- Presenter on a variety of topics at continuing legal education courses in Idaho, including seminars on medical malpractice, personal injury law, product liability claims, and mock juries and focus groups
- Determining Case Value, Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, 2022 Spring Seminar, Speaker
- Expert Witnesses Disclosures, 2018 ITLA Fall Seminar, Speaker
- Evaluation of Medical Negligence Cases, 2013 ITLA Rookie Camp, Speaker
- Gaining the Best Settlement in Auto Injury Cases, National Business Institute, July 2007, Speaker
- Taking & Defending Effective Depositions, Lorman Education, September 2007, Speaker
Pro-Bono Activities
- Member, Idaho State Bar for 27 years; recipient of the Idaho State Bar's Denise O'Donnell-Day Pro Bono Award
- Mahoney Law, PLLC is a member of the Boise and Meridian Chambers of Commerce. The firm is a proud supporter of Idaho M.A.D.D. and Idaho Partners Against Domestic Violence. Mahoney Law, PLLC is an Idaho Better Business Bureau accredited firm.
- Mr. Mahoney completed a three-year term on the elected Vestry (Board of Directors) of St. Michael's Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Boise. He coached his children's youth soccer teams through the Meridian Police Activities League ("P.A.L."). He is a member of the United States Golf Association, and enjoys skiing, and golf here in Idaho.
Past Positions
- Served as law clerk to two Idaho trial judges, the Honorable D. Duff McKee and the Honorable Alan M. Schwartzman, Fourth Judicial District, Idaho (1995-96)
Published Works
- Author, Delayed Assent to Motorist Blood Alcohol Testing, Idaho Law Review, Vol. 31-1, Fall 1994
Professional Associations
- Idaho Trial Lawyers Association: Eagle Member and two terms as Public Relations Chair for the Board of Directors, member of Governmental Relations Committee, recipient of Champion for Civil Justice Award, Board Member, American Association for Justice Delegate
- Member, American Association for Justice (formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association)
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum and The American Trial Lawyers Association.
- Two terms with the American Inns of Court, Inn No. 130, Boise, Idaho
Current Employment Position
- Trial Lawyer
- Owner, Founder, and President of Mahoney Law, PLLC
Bar Admissions
- Idaho
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit