W. Patrick Delaney

W. Patrick Delaney

Erie, PA recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013
MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP

16 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation Litigation - Construction Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Biography

Patrick Delaney is a Senior Partner at MacDonald Illig. He concentrates his practice in the area of Commercial Litigation. During the course of his career, Mr. Delaney has litigated disputes in the federal and state courts throughout Pennsylvania and in various other jurisdictions. He has also handled numerous complex commercial disputes before arbitration tribunals, including panels convened through the American Arbitration Association and the International Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Delaney has years of experience handling contract disputes, including those involving professional services, the sale of goods, real estate sales, stock purchase agreements, commercial and industrial construction, and executive employment. He also has extensive experience in litigation involving business relationships, such as, partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, dissenter rights, buy/sell agreements, business succession, issues of corporate governance, and breach of fiduciary duties.

In addition to being admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Pennsylvania, Mr. Delaney has been admitted pro hac vice in multiple jurisdictions throughout the United States.

MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP

16 Best Lawyers awards

MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP logo

Overview

  • Capital University, J.D., graduated 1976

  • Pennsylvania, Federal Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania, Erie County Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania, American Bar Association

  • American Association for Justice - Member
  • Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association - Member

  • All Pennsylvania State Courts
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of PA
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Thrid Circuit
  • United States Supreme Court
  • Pennsylvania, Federal Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania, Erie County Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania, American Bar Association
  • American Association for Justice - Member
  • Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association - Member
  • Capital University, J.D., graduated 1976
  • All Pennsylvania State Courts
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of PA
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Thrid Circuit
  • United States Supreme Court

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Law

Additional Information

  • Noteworthy

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Frequent Speaker on Issues of Substantive Law, Evidence, Trial Practice and Ethics

Selected for inclusion in the publication Best Lawyers in America (2013 - 2018)

Pennsylvania Super Lawyer 2013 & 2014

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