Patrick Downey

Patrick Downey is an Adjunct Assistant Professor, offering courses related to law. He serves as an Assistant Attorney General with the Maine Office of the Attorney General.  He has been a practicing attorney since 1998.  He handles a full caseload of child protection cases in Bangor and Newport District Courts and occasionally handles appeals and civil commitments.  He earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science with General University Honors from the University of Southern Maine in 1995.  His undergraduate thesis was on Original Intent and the Constitution.  He attended Howard University School of Law in Washington D.C. and received his J.D. in 1998.  He is a member of the United Nations Association of the United States of America and serves on the Maine Chapter’s Speakers Roster.