Tony Patterson

Tony Patterson (Anthony Wayne Patterson) (1967- ) is an American attorney who practices personal injury law in Indiana. While he is now known as a personal injury lawyer, Patterson first came to be known as a high school basketball player in his home state of Indiana.

While at L&M High School, in rural Lyons Indiana, he was the leading scorer on the L&M team that became one of the smallest schools (enrollment of 132 in top four grades) ever to be ranked number one in Indiana’s historic single class system. His photo was on the cover of Hoosier Basketball magazine and Patterson and his team were featured in Sports Illustrated magazine, and chronicled by Pulitzer Prize winning author David Halberstam in Esquire Magazines “The Soul of America” Golden Collector’s Issue of 1985. Patterson was also part of a film produced for and exhibited at the National Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield Massachusetts. His photograph was contained in the pages of Sports Illustrated. However, he was originally slated to be only the second Indiana High School basketball player to grace the magazine’s cover before a last minute switch to Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers.
Following his senior year in 1985, Patterson was runner up in voting for Indiana’s coveted Mr. Basketball award. He was named to the Converse All-American team, was a first team All-State selection and was selected to the Indiana All Star team. Patterson played collegiately at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. While at Purdue from 1985-1987, Patterson’s Boilermakers were 1987 Co-Champions of the Big Ten Conference. After two years at Purdue, Patterson transferred to Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas where his Mustangs won the 1988 Southwest Conference Championship. While at SMU, Patterson was a two-year starter and was named Academic All-Southwest Conference in 1990. In 2000, Patterson was selected as one of the top twenty-five high school regional athletes of the 20th Century by the Herald-Times in Bloomington Indiana.
After graduating from SMU in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Patterson attended Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington, where he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1993. Upon leaving law school, Patterson joined the firm of Parr Richey Obremskey & Morton, where he concentrated his practice on representing personal injury victims. He is now a named partner in the firm which has been renamed Parr Richey Obremskey Frandsen & Patterson . As he did on the athletic court, Patterson has distinguished himself in the courtroom.
Patterson was named 2007 Indiana Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and has been honored with admittance into the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization recognizing “The Top Trial Lawyers in America" which is limited to attorneys who have obtained million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of their clients. He has also been recognized as an Indiana Super Lawyer in personal injury law. This designation is limited to five percent of Indiana attorneys.
In 2009, Patterson co-authored the book, Indiana Accident Law: a reference for accident victims. Patterson is a desired frequent speaker/lecturer to attorneys on various legal seminars involving litigation and personal injury law. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a sustaining member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association where he also serves on the Board of Directors. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, and is also a member of the Brain Injury Association of Indiana

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