M Kenneth Patterson
Partner

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Ken Patterson is a native Texan who completed all of his academic training at Baylor University. Upon his graduation from Baylor Law School, he had an extensive amount of instruction in litigation. He was a successful member of the Baylor Moot Court Competition team, and won the National Championship for Baylor in the 1980 National Mock Trial Competition sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers. After graduation, Ken immediately went to work for a law firm active in the area of medical malpractice defense during which time he acquired extensive courtroom experience. He was made a partner after only four and a half years, before he reached the age of 30. Ken spent the first twelve years of his practice living and working out of Dallas, Texas. He relocated his office to the San Antonio area when Patterson and Wagner was formed. In over thirty years of practice, he has tried cases in nineteen different counties across the state of Texas. Ken has also had many trial and appellate successes in non-medical matters. Ken has completed seventy-seven medical malpractice trials. He has achieved a favorable verdict for his clients in over ninety-six percent of cases tried. In recent years, Ken has received training in mediation and is using his years of experience in that capacity for others involved in litigation.

Email: mkpatterson@pattersonwagner.com

W. Richard Wagner
Partner

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Richard Wagner is a native of Cuero, a small town in South Texas. He completed his undergraduate education at Texas A&M University and legal education at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. While at St. Mary’s, he competed in numerous mock trials and worked extensively as a Director of the St. Mary’s Legal Research Board. After graduation, he served as the briefing attorney for Judge Preston Dial of the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio. Upon completion of Richard’s judicial internship, he began private practice as an associate with a well-respected defense firm which introduced him to medical malpractice and personal injury defense. Richard left that practice to join the Dallas-based firm, where Ken was a partner, shortly after it opened its San Antonio office. Two years after his association with that firm, he became a partner. Richard, too, has extensive experience in the courtroom. Like Ken, Richard’s trial experience demonstrates a high level of success. In over twenty-five years of practice, Richard has completed forty-three medical malpractice jury trials and has achieved a favorable verdict in ninety-five percent of those cases tried. During that time, he represented hundreds of health care providers in more than thirteen different counties in Texas.

Email: rwagner@pattersonwagner.com

Peter Cario
Associate

Peter Cario graduated from Manatee Community College in 1987 with an AS Degree in Radiologic Technology. After several years of work in all aspects of the radiology field he completed his BA in Business Administration at Eckerd College. He received his law degree from St. Mary’s University in May of 1997, having already passed the February 1997 bar exam. In February of 2003 he passed the Florida bar exam and was admitted to practice law in the state of Florida. Since 1997, Peter has focused his practice primarily in the area of medical malpractice and insurance defense. Peter is admitted to practice in Texas, Florida, and the United States District Courts for the Western and Southern Districts of Texas. He is a member of the San Antonio Bar Association.

Email: pcario@pattersonwagner.com