Barbara A. Patek, Esq. Editor Gleicher & Patek, P.C., Detroit, MI Barbara A. Patek is a partner with Gleicher & Patek, P.C., in Detroit. Her main area of practice is plaintiff’s medical malpractice. She is a member of the executive board of the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association and one of two chairs of that organization’s Amicus Brief Committee. Ms. Patek is also a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Women’s Bar Association of Michigan, the National Lawyers Guild, and the State Bar of Michigan’s Medical Legal Problems Committee. She lectures for ICLE and the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.