J. Patrick Browne was a formidable presence in the classroom and in the courtroom. He was the undisputed authority on Ohio civil procedure, the author of books, articles, treatises, and the editor-in-chief of the Ohio Civil Practice Journal and Ohio Sanctions Reporter. He was a magna cum laude graduate of both John Carroll University and the Detroit Law School, and a graduate of the Judge Advocate General’s School and the Case Western Reserve School of Library Science. He came to Cleveland-Marshall in 1969 as a librarian but transitioned to the classroom, teaching Civil Procedure, Motion and Discovery Practice, Appellate Procedure, Sanctions, Equity, Insurance Law, Brief-Writing and Advocacy. Browne was admired by faculty and students and remembered by all for his drollery, mischief, high spirits, and wholehearted dedication to educating a generation of lawyers.