Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2004 ka noho a Patterson hei kaitautoko mo Goldman Sachs, me te tūranga o te Tumuaki Tuarua (2004-2007), me te Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere (2007-2008). I wehe atu a Patterson i a Goldman Sachs i te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 2008, kātahi ka mahi ia hei kaihauturu mo te
Ko Obama-Biden te kaupapa perehitini, me te Kaihautū Whakamana Senate mo te Kaupapa Whakawhiti Perehitini Obama-Biden. I te whakapumautanga o Barack Obama hei Perehitini, i tohua a Patterson i te Hui-tanguru 2009 hei Tumuaki o te Kaimahi ki te Hekeretari o te Treasury. I te tau 2013, i kii te Hekeretari o te Taonga Taonga hou a Jack Lew i te whakakapinga o Patterson hei rangatira o nga kaimahi o te Taonga. I mahi a Patterson hei hoa i te tari o Perkins Coie i Washington, DC i mua i tana urunga atu ki te roopu a Senator Schumer i te Mei 2018.