Mike Patterson

Mike grew up in southwestern North Dakota before attending and graduating with a BA in English from St. John’s University in Minnesota. After bumming around the USA, Canada and Mexico for two years, he attended SMU Law School and graduated in 1977. He practiced trial law for 19 years before having a full time mediation practice for 20 years. He retired in 2016. Mike has served on many professional, city, and non-profit boards. He’s happily married and he and his wife, Penny, have 5 children and 16 grandchildren.