Patrick Bates

Patrick Bates is a seasoned trial and litigation attorney representing businesses, executives, entrepreneurs, and property owners in complex business, commercial, construction, employment, and real estate disputes throughout Houston and across Texas. He provides strategic and aggressive legal representation in high-stakes state and federal litigation, jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations involving significant financial and operational risks.

Licensed to practice in all Texas state courts and federal district courts, Patrick Bates also regularly represents clients in arbitration proceedings and before the Texas Courts of Appeal. Since founding P. Bates Law, PLLC in 2022, he has built a strong reputation for delivering results-driven legal counsel and successfully handling complex litigation matters for businesses and their owners.

The firm represents clients in a broad range of business law matters, including shareholder, member, and partnership disputes, fiduciary duty claims, corporate governance conflicts, fraud allegations, contract negotiations, business transactions, collections matters, and commercial litigation.

In construction law, Patrick Bates represents contractors, subcontractors, developers, suppliers, and business owners in disputes involving mechanic’s and mineral liens, construction contracts, project litigation, construction defects, defective products, contractor relationships, and supplier disputes.

The firm also provides strategic employment law representation involving non-compete agreements, confidentiality disputes, trade secret litigation, departing employee claims, wage and overtime disputes, discrimination and retaliation claims, and matters involving state and federal employment laws. Patrick Bates routinely interfaces with agencies such as the Texas Workforce Commission, the Department of Labor, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of employers and businesses.

In addition, P. Bates Law, PLLC handles complex real estate litigation involving adverse possession claims, partition disputes, trespass matters, property ownership conflicts, and commercial real estate disputes.

Known for tactical litigation strategy, direct communication, and aggressive courtroom advocacy, Patrick Bates focuses on helping clients protect their businesses, assets, and long-term interests when serious legal disputes arise.