Patrick T. McNally is a partner in the Nashville law firm of Weatherly, McNally & Dixon, P.L.C., where his practice is devoted to criminal law and immigration law ancillary to criminal cases. He is a former president and board member of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, past-chair of the Nashville Bar Association Criminal Court and Criminal Justice Committee, past-chair and current delegate of the Executive Committee of the Tennessee Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, and a member of the T.B.A. Access to Justice Committee. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. McNally was an assistant public defender in Nashville and an assistant public advocate in Hazard, Kentucky. Mr. McNally earned his B.A. degree from Wake Forest University and his J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee. Mr. McNally is a frequent lecturer on the Padillia decision for the Federal Bar Association Immigration Section and the Mid-South Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.