Vicki Patterson has specialized in employer advocacy and employment litigation defense since 1989.  She has expertise in all facets of litigation and alternative dispute resolution including case evaluation, facilitation, arbitration, trial and appeal in both federal and state court.   She has advised and counseled clients in all areas of employment law, has conducted workplace investigations, and has drafted handbooks and policy manuals.  She has also conducted seminars and webinars for management-level employees and human resource representatives on various topics, including the Family and Medical Leave Act and Employee Handbooks.  She also has extensive experience representing clients before the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.

Vicki has also served as an adjunct professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan, teaching Advanced Research and Writing, and has been a volunteer judge for Michigan State University College of Law’s Research, Writing and Advocacy Program, Oral Argument Competitions.

Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins in September 2007, Vicki was a partner in the Law Firm of Cattel, Tuyn & Rudzewicz, where she specialized in employment litigation defense for eight years, and a partner in the Law Firm of Hardy, Lewis & Page, where she specialized in employment litigation defense for 10 years.