About Pat

Pat is the mother of two sons, Nicholas and Will, through the miracle of adoption. In 1998, Nicholas was born and two years later, Will, his biological half-brother, (same birth mom and different birthfathers) arrived. Both boys have lived with Pat and her husband, Joe, since their birth. Read their adoption story. Both boys have autism spectrum disorders.
Pat is a 1978 summa cum laude graduate of Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri and a 1990 honor graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law. Pat has practiced law over 20 years. She has a law practice concentrating on special education law. See www.arkspedlaw.com