Patrick Meighan

Patrick Meighan is a lawyer and a supporting protagonist from Ted 2. 
He was portrayed by Morgan Freeman.
== Biography ==
====Early life====
Not much is revealed about Patrick Meighan's early life, other than that he rose to a prominent position in civil rights law. He was stated to have gotten a female midget into the U.S. Marines (although she floated away with a bunch of balloons). It is implied that he graduated from Harvard.
====Ted 2====
Meighan was first mentioned by Ted's current lawyer, Samantha Jackson, after he sues the government for his personhood status. However, rival lawyer Shep Wild won the case, and Ted was officially declared property. Meighan had heard about the case and agreed to meet with them in his office in New York City.
The next day, Ted, Samantha, and Ted's best friend, John Bennett, arrived at Patrick's law firm. Despite Meighan's claims of being sympathetic, he doesn't plan on taking the case, because Ted has not publicly exhibited any of the traits of personhood, and hasn't had any positive effect on anyone (John denies that by telling him that Ted had an effect on him, which Meighan counters by revealing that John and (presumably) Ted were arrested in 2003 for purchasing marijuana). Samantha leaves, telling off Meighan for his behavior.
At least two days later, Meighan visited John in the hospital, and tells him that he saw what happened on TV (John had been hit by a replica Starfleet Enterprise ship while defending Ted). After being criticized by John, Patrick informs Ted that he would be willing to take the case; seeing that John had almost sacrificed his life for Ted, and that Ted was mourning over him has given Meighan a "kick in the ass", and reminded him of why he got into his work.
At the next hearing, Meighan defines Ted as a person who is self aware, has shown empathy, and has inspired that kind of boldness in John that he defended Ted from being hit. Subsequently, he wins the case, and the government declares Ted a person.
It is unknown what happened to Patrick after this, as he was not seen walking out of the courthouse with Ted, John, Sam, or Tammi-Lynn.
==Trivia==
* It is unknown if Patrick was aware of Ted becoming sentient in the 1980s, or if he had just learned of his existence when he heard about Ted suing the government.
* He is named after Patrick Meighan, who's a writer of several episodes on the series "Family Guy" (which was created by Seth MacFarlane, who also produced the Ted series).
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