A partner of Montgomery Barnett, Patrick Browne concentrates on business transactions; planning, financing and operating business organizations; real estate, leasing and secured transactions; acquisitions and mergers; public offerings and private securities placements; wills, trusts, estates and successions; municipal bond securitization and mortgage banking transactions. He has represented national, regional and local lenders along with institutional and individual developers and investors in a full range of commercial and secured transactions.

Mr. Browne has published articles, lectured extensively, including at Loyola University where he was an Adjunct Professor, and conducted seminars on numerous areas of law. He is a member of the New Orleans Estate Planning Council; Louisiana State Bar Association (House of Delegates, 1970-1978, Board of Governors, 1978-1980, Committee on Bar Admissions, 1979-1983, Corporation and Business Law Section; Trusts, Estate, Probate and Immovable Property Law Section; Consumer Protection and Bankruptcy Law Section; Civil Law and Litigation Section); American Bar Association (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section; Business Law Section; Lender Liability and Bankruptcy Law Section; State and Local Government Law Section); New Orleans Bar Association (Probate, Trust and Estate Planning Committee and Real Property Law Committee); Loyola University Law School Visiting Committee; National Association of Mortgage Brokers; Louisiana Mortgage Lenders Association; Louisiana Land Title Association; New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors, Inc.; National Association of Realtors; Vice-President of Equitable Title Agency, Inc., agent for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company.

Mr. Browne serves on the Loyola University Law School Visiting Committee and was an adjunct professor of Philosophy and Criminology at Loyola University. He has published articles, lectured extensively and conducted seminars on numerous areas of law.

A graduate of Loyola University and Loyola University School of Law, where he participated in Moot Court and Blue Key, Mr. Browne joined Montgomery Barnett following military service as a captain in the Military Police Corps, U.S. Army, and prior private practice.