Patricia Brown Holmes

Patricia Brown Holmes is a trustee at the University of Illinois System. Patricia was previously a partner at Schiff Hardin LLP from July 2005 to February 2016, where they were also an executive committee member and diversity committee chair.

Holmes has extensive experience conducting internal investigations at public and private corporations, governmental entities and non-profit organizations. Patricia has conducted a variety of highly sensitive and confidential investigations involving CEOs and other high-level executives. Patricia has also represented special committees and boards of directors in a variety of internal investigations as well as presented findings of investigations to boards and high-level corporate officials.

Her criminal and civil litigation experience includes handling matters involving financial and accounting fraud, mail and wire fraud, corporate whistle-blower allegations and hot-line calls, contract disputes and other complex commercial litigation. Patricia has also lectured on and completed internal investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Patricia Brown Holmes received a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.