Patrick E. Corbett
Detroit,
Michigan
In 2001, Professor Patrick E. Corbett joined Cooley Law School, where he teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, and computer crimes. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame Law School, he served as a judicial law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Horace W. Gilmore. Professor Corbett then served as a federal prosecutor for 10 years, as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. He worked in the General Crimes Unit, prosecuting cases involving firearms, drug trafficking, bank robberies, kidnappings, mail theft, counterfeiting, embezzlement, and alien smuggling. Professor Corbett also worked in the Economic Crimes Unit, prosecuting cases involving fraud and money laundering. In 1999, he was recruited by former Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm to help start the High Tech Crime Unit, where he served as the deputy chief for over two years, investigating and prosecuting federal and state Internet and computer-related crimes.
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