Martin has owned and operated successful companies, strategically advised companies as in-house counsel, and effectively represented clients ranging from individuals to publicly traded entities.  As an entrepreneur himself, Martin understands first hand the pressures and demands that come along with growing a company.  Utilizing his diverse legal and business background, Martin helps businesses and individuals achieve their business/legal objectives.

Key Career Highlights:

• Founder, Willoughby Law Group, PLLC
• Experience as General Counsel for national food services company, regional technology company, and real estate development company
• Former attorney with Watkins & Eager, PLLC
• Founder/Partner of a facilities management firm
• Owner of a real estate company

Educational Background:

• Millsaps College (B.A., 1990); Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
• Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1998); Summa Cum Laude,
  Managing Editor of Law Review
• Mississippi Real Estate Broker's License

Articles and Presentations

Key Areas of Intellectual Property Law for Business, Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, MS (July 2005)

7 Key Areas Of Intellectual Property Every Business Lawyer Should Know,  The Mississippi Lawyer (September 2004)
 

Patrick’s legal practice is concentrated in the areas of real estate transactions and finance. Patrick has provided counsel to the full continuum of real estate investors, from individual developers to publicly-traded clients. Work experiences includes pre-leased and speculative retail center developments; purchase and sale transactions among all property types (single and multi-family residential, retail, office and hotel/casino/specialty); real property litigation and eminent domain; zoning and land-use; and the negotiation, documentation and work-out of complex financing facilities.

Patrick is an authorized issuing agent for Mississippi Valley Title/Old Republic and First American Title Insurance Company.

Patrick also works with small/emerging growth businesses on issues of entity selection/formation; intellectual property; private placements/securities; and labor and employment.

Key Career Highlights:

• Investor in a residential construction/real estate development firm.
• Founder of Realty Advantage Title and Escrow, LLC, a provider of commercial and residential settlement, escrow and title insurance services.
• Former professor of Business Law at the collegiate level.
• Former owner of a Mississippi-licensed mortgage company.

Educational Background:

• University of Mississippi (B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1997); Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of Omega academic honorary – President; Who’s Who of American Colleges and Universities
• Washington and Lee University School of Law (J.D., 2000); Phi Alpha Delta Legal Honorary (top 1/3 of class). National Trial Competition Team – Semi Finalist.

Community Involvement:

Jackson Young Lawyers Association - Former Board Member, Current President; Young Business Leaders of Jackson (Board Member); YMCA of Metropolitan Jackson (Board Member); Christ United Methodist Church.

Seminar Presentations (materials available upon request):

Commercial Real Estate Finance, Lorman Business Systems, Jackson, MS, January, 2006.