Patrick F. Robinson was born at Patrick AFB, Florida, in 1965, and grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1988, he graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University, where he was designated a Distinguished Military Graduate and received a United States Army "Top 5%" fellowship. After attending the United States Army's Infantry Officer's Basic Course and the Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia, Patrick was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge in 1989 for service with the 5th Infantry Division in the Republic of Panama. He received his law degree from Louisiana State Univeristy in 1994, and then returned to Shreveport where he practiced railroad, public utility and insurance defense. Prior to joining the firm in 2008, he spent over ten years as a trial attorney for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, defending automobile, premises, workers' compensation, and general casualty claims. Patrick is a member of the Louisiana State and the 23rd Judicial District Bar Associations, and is admitted to practice before all Louisiana state and federal courts. His practice includes workers' compensation, insurance and general liability defense.