Patrick M. Birney

Patrick M. Birney is a partner at Robinson & Cole LLP (Robinson+Cole) in Hartford, Conn., and focuses his practice on complex transactional, litigation and advisory work related to the debtor/creditor relationship, including energy- and renewable-energy related restructurings, chapter 11bankruptcy cases, workouts and project financing. He also served as the long-time vice chairman of the Wallingford Public Utilities Commission, which oversees the distribution of power to several municipalities within the State of Connecticut, owns transmission lines and is the home to two gas-powered generation facilities (totaling 327-megawatts) and a newly operational 16-megawatt solar panel field. Mr. Birney received his B.A from the University of Dayton, his M.B.A. from LoyolaUniversity of Chicago, his J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law and his LL.M. in Bankruptcy from St. John’s University School of Law.