Patrick G. Kruse

Senior Associate
248 547 1032
pkruse@floodlaw.com

Practice Areas:
Civil Litigation, Business and Commercial Litigation, Municipal Law, Personal Injury, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business and Corporate Law and Compliance

Bar Admissions:
Michigan 1996
All Michigan State and Federal Courts
U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Education:
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Magna cum laude
University of Michigan

Professional Affiliations:
Oakland County Bar Foundation, Fellow; Oakland County Bar Association, Sustaining Member

Previous Experience:
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kruse worked as Vice President and General Counsel for a startup business in the renewable energy sector, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company’s legal and contractual affairs, as well as assistance in strategic planning, financing, corporate governance, and investor relations. Mr. Kruse is also a former Assistant Professor of Law at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he taught Contracts and Civil Procedure and co-founded the law school’s Service to Soldiers Legal Referral Assistance Program, to provide pro bono legal assistance to active duty military personnel. Mr. Kruse began his career in private practice in the litigation group at Clark Hill PLC in Detroit, where he worked on a wide variety of business, commercial and general litigation, alternative dispute resolution, trials, and appeals in state and federal courts. Mr. Kruse also served as a judicial clerk for Judge James L. Ryan of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and for Justice Patricia J. Boyle of the Michigan Supreme Court.