Cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 2004 Patterson ya zama mai ba da shawara ga Goldman Sachs, tare da matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa (2004-2007), da Manajan Darakta (2007-2008). Patterson ya bar Goldman Sachs a watan Afrilu 2008, bayan haka ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da agaji ga
Obama-Biden yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa, kuma a matsayin mai ba da shawara na Majalisar Dattijai don Tsarin Tsarin Shugabancin Obama-Biden. Bayan tabbatar da Barack Obama a matsayin Shugaban kasa, an nada Patterson a watan Fabrairun 2009 a matsayin shugaban ma'aikatan Sakataren Baitulmalin. A cikin 2013, sabon Sakataren Baitulmalin da aka nada Jack Lew ya sanar da maye gurbin Patterson a matsayin shugaban ma'aikatan Baitulmalin. Patterson ya yi aiki a matsayin abokin tarayya a ofishin Perkins Coie na Washington, DC kafin ya shiga tawagar Sanata Schumer a watan Mayu 2018.