A U.S. Navy veteran, Kevin Patton is an assistant professor of legal clinics at Cumberland School of Law. Previously he was a shareholder in Maynard Nexsen’s Banking & Finance Practice and served as head of litigation for a Fortune 500 Bank.

As a carrier-based A-6 Intruder pilot in the U.S. Navy, he flew 42 combat missions in the Gulf War over Iraq. He logged 1250 total flight hours and 275 carrier landings. As a squadron legal officer, he managed non-judicial punishment and assisted with courts-martial.

Legal Interests

• Consumer & Commercial Finance Litigation
• Fiduciary, Trust & Estate Litigation
• Insurance Law
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• Financial Institutions Litigation & Compliance
• Banking & Finance
• Business & Commercial Disputes
• Class Action Intellectual Property Law
• Lender Liability

Degrees

• Duke University School of Law (1995, JD, LLM)
• United States Naval Academy (1985, BS)

Bar Admissions

• Alabama State Bar
• U.S. District Court: Alabama (Northern, Middle, Southern)
• U.S. Court of Appeals: Fifth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit

Community Involvement

• Alabama State Bar Association
• Birmingham Bar Association
• Naval Academy Alumni Association - Alabama Chapter, Trustee, former President
• Edgewood Presbyterian Church, Elder