Mr. Patterson is the Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Brandywine Trust Group, having served as the Chairman from the Company’s inception through 2024. Mr. Patterson continues as the Chief Executive Officer of Brandywine Group Advisors, Inc. and a member of its Investment Committee.
Prior to founding Brandywine in 1992, Mr. Patterson was Administrative Assistant to the Hon. Francis W. Sargent, Governor of Massachusetts; Law Clerk to the Hon. Carl McGowan, Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Law Clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States; Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief Appellate Attorney, Southern District of New York; and Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Mr. Patterson graduated from Harvard College and from Harvard Law School (magna cum laude).