Pat Lawton serves as Director of Fixed Income Capital Markets at Robert W. Baird & Co. He is responsible for all areas of Fixed Income Capital Markets, including Public Finance and Sales and Trading. Pat is a member of Baird's Board of Directors and serves on the Executive Committee. Prior to joining Baird in 1988, Pat spent seven years with Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Group. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Trustees at Marquette University, where he is also an alumnus, having earned an MBA.