Patrick Hamacher is a trial attorney who has dedicated his career to serving victims and working to make the city a better place.
For nearly 15 years, Patrick has worked in the City of St. Louis representing victims – first as a prosecutor and now as a personal injury and civil rights attorney. He has more than a decade of courtroom experience and knows first-hand how important an unbiased judge is for every case. He has strong relationships across the legal sector, making him uniquely qualified to select qualified, skilled, and impartial judges under the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan.
As an attorney at Mandel, Mandel, Marsh, Sudekum and Sanger, Patrick has focused his work on personal injury and civil rights cases. He is a member of the American Inns of Court, where he has worked with dozens of other attorneys, furthering education and professionalism in the legal sector. After completing law school at the University of Missouri, Patrick worked for nearly 7 years as an Assistant Circuit Attorney in the City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office. There, he was a member of the Armed Offender Unit, handling homicides, assaults, and robberies. He first-chaired over 15 felony jury trials, second-chaired numerous misdemeanor and felony trials, and handled hundreds of additional cases.
Patrick received his two bachelor's degrees from Loyola University Chicago and his law degree from University of Missouri. He currently serves on the Board of Ready Readers, working to get more books into the hands of St. Louis kids. Patrick also serves on the board of the Law Library Association of Saint Louis, located on the 13th floor of the Civil Courts Building (also, where Patrick married his wife). Patrick is a proud City resident, living in the Lafayette Square neighborhood with his wife, Catherine, and son, Owen.