Patrick M. Mincey

Patrick M. Mincey is a North Carolina white collar defense and trial attorney.

A partner in the Raleigh and Wilmington offices, Patrick is Chair of the firm’s White Collar & Criminal Defense Group.  In 2018, he was appointed to a leadership position in the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section.

Patrick represents public and private companies, health care organizations, higher education institutions, boards of directors, officers, executives, professionals and public officials in Government investigations, corporate crises and sensitive matters.

He defends clients in prosecutions of federal and state governments, clients who are frequently involved in related civil and regulatory litigation. This includes actions by the Department of Justice, state Attorneys’ General offices, District Attorneys’ offices and other agencies such as the SEC, EPA, CMS, DHHS, IRS and professional licensure boards.

Having tried more than 100 trials to verdict in the court room, Patrick is also a veteran advisor to the board room. During his career he has been sought for bet-the-company litigation.

Patrick’s priority is to keep his clients’ most sensitive issues confidential. He is proud that many of his best results have meant avoiding any public charges.

When that is not possible, Patrick has experience guiding individuals and organizations through public relations crises.  He assists clients by working with third-party consultants to protect clients’ personal image and brand management to reassure their community and business partners.  He also works with corporate clients who are victims of crimes such as fraud and economic espionage.

In addition to counseling corporations, health care organizations and educational institutions through internal investigations and grand jury investigations, Patrick has experience defending “street crimes.”  This includes murder, drug trafficking, weapons charges and sex offenses.

He has studied at the London School of Economics and New York University’s Paris Campus. He is fluent in French and the fourth-generation trial lawyer in his family to train at Mercer University.

Patrick is a hunter, sailor, and avid conservationist.  His wife, Lydia, is a classically trained artist raised in East Africa and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. They have a daughter, Marielle.

REPRESENTATIVE & PRECEDENT SETTING LITIGATION

Cases or matters referenced do not represent the attorney’s entire record. Each case is unique and must be evaluated on its own merits. The outcome of a particular case cannot be predicated upon a lawyer’s or a law firm’s past results.

• In international weapons smuggling case, obtained dismissal of claims arising from scheme to move firearms and ammunitions arsenal from North Carolina to East Africa through United Kingdom for anti-piracy arming of merchant vessels by CIA, NSA and other United States intelligence agencies.
• Represented defense contractor in False Claims Act case involving client’s alleged defrauding United States Air Force in case involving Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA).
• In federal RICO case alleging law firm’s participation in money laundering scheme exceeding $100,000,000.00, dismissal affirmed in 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Represented Durham County District Attorney in high-profile public official removal proceedings.
• In prosecution of prominent businessman and community leader for alleged sexual offenses against minor at his own corporate-hosted event, quickly settled civil disputes to mitigate future business losses and end widely-disruptive street protests outside client’s business establishments.
• In federal environmental crimes case, obtained dismissal of claims arising from unlawful disposal and attempted cover-up of more than 300,000 gallons of agricultural waste into federally protected waterways.
• In multi-million dollar financial fraud case against real estate attorney, obtained dismissal and defended through Supreme Court involving “quasi-judicial immunity” defense.
• In first degree rape of a child trial, obtained dismissal of all charges and set case law precedent in Supreme Court on psychologists’ expert testimony involving “repressed memory theory.”
• In manslaughter trial where son fatally shot his own mother, charges dismissed at conclusion of government’s evidence based on “imperfect self-defense” theory.
• In corporate derivative lawsuit, set case law precedent in appellate court on standing to bring action against non-profit Board of Directors.

Practice Areas and Publications

In addition to offering general compliance and internal investigation counsel to corporations and health care institutions, Mr. Mincey represents clients in a range of legal areas such as:

• Death Penalty (State & Federal)
• Dodd Frank Act & Financial Fraud
• Economic Espionage Act
• EPA & Environmental Investigations
• False Claims Act (including Defense Contracting and Health Care Fraud)
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Government Investigations & Grand Jury Subpoenas
• Healthcare Fraud (Medicare, Medicaid & Insurance Fraud)
• IRS Investigations & Tax Fraud
• Money Laundering
• Obstruction of Justice
• Public Corruption & Campaign Finance
• Qui Tam (Relators & Whistleblowers)
• RICO (Racketeering & Conspiracies)
• SEC Investigations & Securities Fraud

“White Collar Group Chair Patrick Mincey quoted on Health Care and Corporate Fraud Investigations”