About Patrick
Patrick Luff built an academic foundation that spans both sides of the Atlantic. He completed a B.A. at the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, then earned a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 2009 and a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford the same year. Those degrees set the stage for a career that moves between scholarship and courtroom practice.
Early in his professional life he took a series of visiting academic posts. In 2011 he served as a visiting professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law. The next year he taught as a visiting assistant professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. In 2013 he spent time overseas as a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. He returned to a visiting assistant professor role at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2014. The pattern is clear: he has combined teaching, research and short-term academic appointments at law schools and research institutes.
Around the mid-2010s he shifted more consistently into legal practice. Records show a membership in Luff Law Office, PLLC beginning in 2015. He later appeared as a lawyer at Winckler & Harvey, L.L.P. in 2018 and began working at The Ammons Law Office in 2019. His movement into firm practice followed nearly a decade of academic work and scholarship.
He is admitted to practice in Texas and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He participates in professional organizations tied to civil litigation; he is a current member of the American Association for Justice and serves on the board of directors of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Those affiliations indicate ongoing engagement with trial-lawyer communities and professional governance.
Luff’s background combines doctrinal scholarship and practical courtroom experience. The visiting appointments and the stint at the Max Planck Institute reflect an interest in comparative and public law. His later firm positions suggest he applies that academic training to client representation and litigation matters. Colleagues and organizational roles place him in networks that shape trial practice and appellate work.
Today he practices at The Ammons Law Office. He continues to engage in litigation and remains active in the professional associations that align with civil trial work, including service on the Texas Trial Lawyers Association board. His current practice focuses on litigation and appellate matters handled through The Ammons Law Office.
