About
Patrice O’Keeffe is Managing Partner at Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP (appointed 2025), working across the Healthcare, Insurance and Litigation departments with an emphasis on alternative dispute resolution. She is a CEDR Accredited Mediator and advises professional indemnity insurers on coverage disputes, with specialist experience defending high-value medical negligence claims and advising on healthcare regulatory matters.
Practice areas
HealthcareMedical NegligenceInsuranceLitigationAlternative Dispute ResolutionHealthcare RegulationProfessional Indemnity
Office
Expertise
Defence of high-value medical negligence claimsHealthcare regulatory mattersProfessional indemnity / insurer adviceCivil litigationAlternative dispute resolution and mediationHealthcare provider advice (consent, mental health, coroner’s court, confidentiality, risk management)
Education
- BCL, University College Cork (UCC)
- LL.M., Queen’s University Belfast
Admissions
- Member of the Roll of Solicitors, Law Society of Ireland
- Member of the Roll of Solicitors, Law Society of England & Wales
- CEDR Accredited Mediator
- Member of the Irish Taxation Institute