Bacons Rebellion

Patrick McSweeney was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1968 and practices in the City of Richmond. He received his undergraduate education from the University of Virginia and his law degree in 1968 from T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond, where he was editor-in-chief of the University of Richmond Law Review. After serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Albert V. Bryan, Sr., Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Mr. McSweeney served as an associate with Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore in Richmond. He served in a variety of positions at the United States Department of Justice from 1971 to 1973 where he rose to the position of Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legislative Affairs. From 1974 to 1977, Mr. McSweeney was the executive director of the Virginia Commission on State Governmental Management, which proposed and successfully implemented a sweeping reorganization of state government. He also served as counsel to the Governor's Management Study from 1970 to 1972 and as staff attorney to the Taxation and Finance Committee of the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Revision in 1968. In 1990, Mr. McSweeney and the late Roy Smith jointly directed a successful campaign to defeat the proposed pledge bond amendments to the Virginia Constitution. He was also actively involved in the successful 1998 campaign to defeat two proposed amendments to the Virginia Constitution that would have made it easier for localities to incur debt without voter approval. In 1977, he founded the predecessor of his present firm, McSweeney & Crump, P.C. Mr. McSweeney is engaged primarily in the practice of civil litigation. He publishes a weekly column on politics in The Daily Press.
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